Vincent Van Gogh cut of his ear because he and his friend Paul Gauguin had a fall out and Van Gogh was so angry he cut of his ear.
Apparently one reason is that he cut it off, was as an act replicating a bull in a bull fight, when the bull has it's ear cut off, and offered as a token of affection. He gave it to his his "loved one" (a woman of low morals?), and yes, he did it in anger (? spurned love).
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
Vincent van Gogh did, but he was not an impressionist. No famous impressionist has done this.
He sent it to a prostitute.
In his room in Arles.
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.
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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
Vincent van Gogh did, but he was not an impressionist. No famous impressionist has done this.
Vincent Van Gogh is said to have cut off a piece of his ear for a lover, leaving him partially deaf. So to say someone has "Van Gogh's ear for music" is akin to calling said person tone deaf.
No, that was Van Gogh.
He was 35.
In his room in Arles.
He sent it to a prostitute.
It wasn't Leonardo da Vinci that was Vincent van Gogh.
No he did not. He only cut of the lobe of his ear.
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.
Van Gogh used a sharp razor blade to cut off a part of his ear.