Did Vincent van Gogh die after cutting off his ear?

Answer 1

Yes, Vincent Van Gogh cut his left earlobe off December 24, 1888, because he had had an argument with one of his friends. The argument may have been whether Paul Gauguin was going to leave Arles, where they had been working together.

Nobody was with Vincent van Gogh when he cut off his ear. He used a razor (a very sharp kind of knife) to cut it off; he was in deep depression after his friend Paul Gauguin had been mad at him.

Van Gogh suffered from mental illness. He gave the blood-covered part of his ear to a prostitute he knew, not to his loved one, whom he didn't have. Later he shot himself and died in his room in Arles.

Answer 2

According to official stories, the disturbed Dutch painter cut off his ear with a razor after a row with Gauguin in 1888. Bleeding heavily, Van Gogh then walked to a brothel and presented the severed ear to a prostitute called Rachel before going home to sleep in a blood-drenched bed.

But two German art historians, who have spent 10 years reviewing the police investigations, witness accounts and the artists' letters, argue that Gauguin, a Fencing ace, most likely sliced off the ear with his sword during a fight, and the two artists agreed to hush up the truth.

Answer 3

Yes, it was after a quarrel with his friend and roommate when he left Arles (France). He did have mental illnesses and depression as well so I guess that must contribute to it.

Answer 4

He committed suicide by shooting himself in the stomach in a field. He then went back to his hotel and died 3 days later.

Answer 5

That was not what he died of.