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.
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