No, he was not.
Vincent van Gogh did, but he was not an impressionist. No famous impressionist has done this.
Van Gogh was 15 years of age when he left school. He left to go and live with his Uncle in London
No, he never left Europe.
That would be Vincent Van Gogh, according to legend. However, there is no evidence that he actually cut his own ear off. In fact, in recent times there is new historic evidence that suggests that it was cut off in an argument by a French artist called Paul Gauguin. See related link for the historian's new account.
he went to university and became a Methodist
He was born in the Netherlands and never left Europe.
Vincent Van Gogh.Vincent Van GoghVincent van Gogh cut off the lower part of his ear lobe. Then he wrapped in several tissue and handed it to a prostitute named Rachel.-Answerd by Christian Henry
Little is known about Vincent Van Gogh's education. He was born in 1853 and in the middle of an academic year in 1868 he left school and did not return.Addition:Which means he had no degrees whatsoever.
He cut off part of his left ear.
For a year in 1882-1883 van Gogh lived with an ex-prostitute in the Hague. She left him, and for the remaining 7 years of his life he did not have a girlfriend.
The biographies give no clue, but there are signs he might have been left-handed.
He always paints himself as left handed, but this could be the result of looking in a mirror.