09/05/2023
The accepted story of how Vincent van Gogh lost his ear is that he cut it off himself during a period of mental illness and presented it to a woman who worked at a nearby bo****lo. However, a number of art historians claim there’s more to the story than previously understood. Artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin had an intimate but highly volatile friendship. Allegedly, the two got into an explosive argument one night while standing outside the bo****lo. Van Gogh threatened Gauguin with a razor blade and, in response, Gauguin drew his fencing sword. Gauguin accidentally cut off a chunk of his frenemy’s ear, and van Gogh told the police that he had done it to himself so that Gauguin wouldn’t face prosecution.