Artist That Cut Off His Ear. On december 23, 1888, dutch painter vincent van gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in arles, france. On this day in art history:
Van gogh cut off the lobe of his left ear during some sort of seizure on 24 december 1888 mental problems afflicted him, particularly in the last few years of his life. Celebrated artist vincent van gogh is known for cutting his ear off and sending it to a brothel worker in 1888. After a few days of erratic behavior, van gogh cuts off the lower part of his ear while.
Also, his g/f was a prostitute, and there was talk that his ear had rotted so badly due to the syphilis she gave him that he chopped it off because he was tired of the chronic rotting flesh smell.
.on this day in 1888, dutch painter vincent van gogh, suffering from severe depression, cut off the lower part of his left ear with a razor. The recipient of vincent van gogh’s ear has been named almost 130 years after the artist cut it off in paris. Whether he gave her his ear is still up to debate. Van gogh's ear 'was cut off by friend gauguin with a sword'.