Without the ear of Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin left
 

Biography of Van Gogh, it seems, needs to be adjusted - the German critics found someone had cut off the ear of Vincent Van Gogh.
Longer than a century believed that the artist himself cut off his lobe in a fit of madness. But after ten years of investigation, scientists found that the operation had his closest friend, the artist Paul Gauguin.
Two creative personalities have squabbled in the town of Arles 23rd December 1888. As a result, an excellent swordsman wounded Gauguin, Van Gogh's ear. Gun crime - rapier - he drowned in the river, pass on "Vesti". A legend arose because Van Gogh is believed to scientists, did not testify against his friend.
"Vesti.Ru"

SergeiSK, probably, interviewed witnesses ..

Van Gogh cut off his ear
 

The famous painter Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear in a fit of madness: he cut him in a fit of anger, Paul Gauguin. This conclusion came two researchers from the University of Hamburg - Hans Kaufmann and Rita Vildegans. About this newspaper Le Figaro.

Scientists note that the reported incident in the evening on Dec. 23, 1888 received from Paul Gauguin and the police Arles. According to their data, Van Gogh showed a piece of paper wrapped in a familiar ear for a prostitute named Rachel. This episode from the life of Dutch artist, was adopted as a sign of the rising tide of mental illness, which eventually led him to suicide. Version of Paul Gauguin stated that the two friends quarreled an artist, Gauguin left his home and went to sleep in a nearby hotel. Alone, upset by Van Gogh cut off his earlobe with a razor.

According to the same German researchers, in fact, Gauguin and Van Gogh had a quarrel during a dispute, and Gauguin in anger and cut off his earlobe rapier, rapier and thrown into a river. Van Gogh did not tell the truth police, so as not to give his friend, whom he loved. After this incident, they never saw each other.

http://rg.ru/2009/05/05/vangog-uho-anons.html

Hopefully, this sudden calculated meticulous Germans luzersky act regarded as the mad famous artist and drunken amateur "Green muses" there would be no financial implications. :)

The Legend of Van Goga
 

According to sociologists, the world's most famous three artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso.

Leonardo's "responsible" for the art of old masters, Van Gogh - for the Impressionists and Post-XIX century, and Picasso - for the abstract and modernist XX century.

Moreover, if Leonardo appears in the eyes of the public are not so much a painter as a universal genius, and Picasso - fashionable "secular lion and a public figure - a champion of the world, Van Gogh stands for is an artist.

He is considered a lone madman genius and a martyr, not thinking about fame and money. However, this image, which has become accustomed to, no more than a myth, which was used to "roll out" Van Gogh and profitably sell his paintings.....

Then read here: http://www.vokrugsveta.ru/vs/article/3966/

Two themes "about the ear" together

It's a shame that in such a beautiful city, like Peter, among the people live clams ...

We need to think and on the same principle to put 3 The Russian artists. : rolleyes:

Total half-year ago, all this on the forum already.:) And about the ear, and about the three artists.:)

fross, should be the same and about the artists to write something ...

Yes, they are writers, not readers, there are not readers.:)