Art Historians Claim Van Goghs’ Ear was Cut Off by Gauguin
Questioning the Authorship of a Modern Masterpiece - Van Goghs ear. And some think we are beyond Post-Modernism.
According to official versions, the disturbed Dutch painter cut off his ear with a razor after a row with Gauguin in 1888. Bleeding heavily, Van Gogh then walked to a brothel and presented the severed ear to an astonished prostitute called Rachel before going home to sleep in a blood-drenched bed.
But two German art historians, who have spent 10 years reviewing the police investigations, witness accounts and the artists letters, argue that Gauguin, a fencing ace, most likely sliced off the ear with his sword during a fight, and the two artists agreed to hush up the truth
Art historians claim Van Goghs ear cut off by Gauguin |
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The Guardian
