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by kanjalid on April 23rd, 2005

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Why did Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear?

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  • by Mister Rogers on March 14th, 2007

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    In December the two artists visited Montpellier and viewed works by Courbet and Delacroix in the Museé Fabre. However, their relationship was deteriorating badly. They quarrelled fiercely about art. Van Gogh felt an increasing fear that Gauguin was going to desert him, and what he described as a situation of "excessive tension" reached a crisis point on December 23, 1888, when Van Gogh stalked Gauguin with a razor and then cut off the lower part of his own left ear, which he wrapped in newspaper and gave to a prostitute named Rachel in the local brothel, asking her to "keep this object carefully."[59] Gauguin left Arles and did not see Van Gogh again. Van Gogh was hospitalised and in a critical state for a few days. He was immediately visited by Theo (whom Gauguin had notified), as well as Madame Ginoux and frequently by Roulin.

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    • I think this is right. Van Gogh and Gauguin are the names of my two dogs. Van Gogh was missing his right ear when I got him at the pound; no one knew how it had happened. When People ask me I tell them that he cut it off to impress some bitch. Most people don't get the joke and just look at me funny.

      branciforte3241

      by branciforte3241 on March 14th, 2007

    • lol some people have no sense of humor...I swear(with eyes rolling)

      lizizhere

      by lizizhere on March 14th, 2007

    • What Mr.Rogers said seems like more of what i've heard. My fav painting of Van Gogh is the Blossoming Almond Tree - very beautiful.

      none

      by none on August 6th, 2007

    • isn't it messed up?

      Mister Rogers

      by Mister Rogers on November 28th, 2008

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