It is one of the most infamous moments in the history of art; when the post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh sliced off ... who had cut off the ear of the servant working for the Jewish ...

Van Gogh, mentally disturbed, cut off his own ear, wrapped it in newspaper and is said to have taken it to a nearby brothel. Gauguin promptly left for Paris. Van Gogh was sent to a hospital in ...

Jeremy Paxman joins forces with 'art sleuth' Bernadette Murphy to try and solve one of the greatest and bloodiest mysteries of the art world - why Vincent Van Gogh cut off his own ear in December ...

A painting bought at a garage sale in Minnesota is a previously unknown portrait by Dutch artist Vincent Van ... after cutting off his own ear with a razor in 1888.Van Gogh died by suicide in ...

It's funny because the thing that everyone talks about with Van Gogh is the fact that he cut off his ear ... looks afresh at Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.