On the subject Claim – Van Gogh’s ear ‘cut off by Gauguin’. Yet another theory emerged. The claim that Van Gogh’s ear was cut off in a fight with Gauguin is dismissed. Instead the Van Gogh scholar Martin Bailey “has found evidence that a distraught Vincent van Gogh slashed his ear after learning that his brother, Theo, on whom he depended financially and emotionally, was about to get married”. The times – Found: the clue to Van Gogh’s ear.
Further Reading:
Claim – Van Gogh’s ear ‘cut off by Gauguin’
Van Gogh Describes Starry Night Over the Rhone to brother Theo and Eugene Boch
Van Gogh – Who will Have an Ear to Hear It?
