Why did Van Gogh cut off his ear? || Van Gogh Questions #1

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[@jasmin0930]

I don’t think we will ever know what really troubled Vincent despite all the information we have all we really know is that he was troubled but his art was his escape I truly believe.

[@Music-tf1yn]

why don't we take drinking into account

[@bushraaa]

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? - Vincent Van Gogh

[@handebarlas6248]

I'm afraid I don't understand. Do you mean that Vincent did not attempt to do anything?? Or did I misunderstand?

[@fakefacemcfakename1756]

@@handebarlas6248 theyre quoting vincent van gogh

[@handebarlas6248]

@@fakefacemcfakename1756 Yes of course. Thanks. I don't know what I was thinking...

[@JohanScherft]

Just read the letters of Vincent. He very clearly mentiones in one letter he heard voices during the crisis, which is typical for psychosis.

[@handebarlas6248]

I started reading them too.

[@debjitsahoo98UTube]

There's no denying of the fact that great art is always born from some kind of suffering.

[@maecho21]

thank you very much for this segment!

[@jimsflips7378]

WOW.This helped me understand. thank you

[@UsmanMalik-hn3jg]

I am a HSP. I usually wear noise cancelling headphones and keep lights dim Ppl do not understand this problem but it's actually a torture for me to bear loud noise,bright light and strong smells. He was also just a HSP

[@mileysaga8902]

Thanks for the informations ❤

[@jamesconway337]

Breggje is so cool! Great!

[@ismaelxfactor]

Thank Mrs Gerritse to All Information and Facts.

[@carolynmarn537]

My best guess is that the madness was caused by syphilis and/or heavy metal (lead) poisoning from the paint.

[@handebarlas6248]

One lecturer from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston mentioned that Van Gogh was sometimes eating paint and that might have something to do with his ilness...It is extremely sad to learn that he was so poor that he had to eat paint...

[@Music-tf1yn]

@@handebarlas6248 but he could afford liquor

[@liongrose1173]

@@Music-tf1yn brother Theo helped him

[@lenkareymenants305]

Lockdown brings me here..

[@richardv.7826]

Are you free yet?

[@lenkareymenants305]

@@richardv.7826 kinda

[@richardv.7826]

@@lenkareymenants305 would be worried if you're still locked in til now. 😁

[@lenkareymenants305]

@@richardv.7826 haha its fine now, still not "normal" but maybe in a few months!

[@richardv.7826]

@@lenkareymenants305 we gotta move on with this. Take care!

[@NhanhoyeuthuongLuuNhaSat]

can i know the background symphony in this video? It's so soft

[@LowOn3nergy]

I came here because I saw the bandage of van’s head from clone high

[@finnverbraeken3681]

what is the background song?

[@KG-fw1yc]

Felix Rey diagnosed him with temporal lobe epilepsy.

[@dreamwishaudio7019]

Can I kindly ask what is the music we are listening to?

[@RioTGeaRMusic]

No. You may not. Good day to you, sir.

[@takima504]

@@RioTGeaRMusic bastards!!!!!!!

[@barney880]

Andy Pate lmaoooo

[@dreamwishaudio7019]

@@RioTGeaRMusic Disconnected by Nozem.

[@pantherpaws8432]

I dont know *can* you ill just take my leave now farewell

[@silke3186]

Jullie zijn NEDERLANDS... ur Dutch!!

[@rashtrakarki1475]

DUE TO PAINTING PASSION ARMOUR Van Gogh feel is in high level so he cut his ear...?

[@piramilajeyabalan8374]

I now van gogh

[@ericplloyd]

I can't help but focus on his depictions of his own ears in his self-portraits and wonder what his motive might have been...

[@shawnm.9320]

Great information. Background music should never overwhelm the speaker. The music was so obnoxious I could not listen to the video.

[@PinkpantherLVdragon]

When Vincent & Gaugin were “having a blazing row, during an attack”, Vincent suddenly joined Gaugin in turning on himself? Because we should ignore Gaugin’s irascible temper and famous swordsmanship? With a sharp, cutting sword? What was it Vincent said about good thing Gaugin’s hobby wasn’t guns? Then put yourself in a position where you might cut off your own ear. Very difficult! I feel so embarrassed that I ever feel for that story! You skipped the part where Gaugin fled back to Paris, or wherever, immediately, in the middle of the night. Furthermore, now it has been proven that Vincent did not give his ear to a prostitute. Seriously, why do you people keep perpetrating this low life gossip-instead of the facts we now know and companion highly probable scenarios? Is there some high status person at the museum who just can’t admit they were wrong to accept uninformed, 19th century rumor mongering in place of the true history we have learned since? It is despicable that the museum keeps slandering Vincent, and their own reason for existing!

[@midnightchannel7759]

YES

[@mei-yeekan6126]

A whole ear or just a part of it?

[@hansolo2121]

Mei-yee KAN The whole left ear was cut off!!! Only a part of the ear lobe remained attached to his head. You can actually see the drawing of the ear cutting efore/after by Dr. Felix Rey in this clip...

[@Autoblox0]

Maybe he messed up a painting or something and then got super angry and cut off his ear

[@harrymonk6]

Im 96% sure this woman was ian Beale's wife in eastenders

[@theresahayman1417]

I have epilepsy

[@mademsoisellerhapsody]

Anyone who has endured Meniere's disease understands why Vincent cut off his ear.

[@patricialarayos3296]

vincent is a functioning introvert

[@garynaccarato4606]

I'm not saying that this is factually true or whether this is a myth but one explanation that I heard is that Van Goethe did not cut off his own ear but that he lost it because he got into a duel and that the person who he was dueling cut it off with a rapier.

[@Tom-eo6jy]

Van Gogh had tinnitus.

[@billthestinker]

Vincent wanted to cut off Mr Happenis but at the last moment wisely decided on another body part😊

[@midnightchannel7759]

Vincent was ill, increasingly, but he didn't cut off his ear Gauguin did. All * except * the lobe (the doctor's original report and drawing exsits). Sadly, after Gauguin cowardly blamed Vincent for this, Vincent didn't want to lose Gauguin's friendship so he a ceoted the blame. Porphyria has been claimed as the illness and that certainly fits * all * his symptoms (the only diagnosis to do this), and his family history of in bred marriage. But his illness, whatever it was, had nothing to do with his art, he painted despite it.

[@Patrk38]

1. He lost a bet 2. He was an addict 3. He was schizophrenia, which would explain his art style

[@yaven8338]

People say: he cut off his left ear Van Gogh's painting: missing the right ear

[@hansolo2121]

@Yaven I can make you understand in two steps. First: touch your left ear with your left hand. Second: go and look in the mirror. Imagine that the image you see before you will be your painting. What ear do you seem to be touching now that you are staring at a mirror reflection of yourself? Ah yes....

[@yaven8338]

@@hansolo2121 damn I still find it hard to swallow that he cut off his ow ear And i heard it somewhere that it's a myth anyway, and that his ear was cut off in an accident involving a firearm (Also the story of him mailing it to a lover never passed once although it is common legend, and it wasn't believable anyway)

[@El_Hicks]

He didn't. Gauguin did.

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

Why did they make up her hair and clothes like she's an old lady?? She's too ting for the "conservative newscaster" look with that blazer and helmet hair style.

[@RoulinBrooks]

We're all lucky to benefit from such an insightful comment.

[@lcarofa23ify]

@@RoulinBrooks 👏🏻

[@carfacetube9942]

Beeble Brox still looks beautiful.

[@bastianmbarahona]

Gauguin cut off vicents ear, theres no doubt about it .

[@elvankarakaya8482]

No thats not true. Vincent cut off his own ear and sended it to the mayor, in order to let the people hear vincents voice and his ideas about art

[@irishmamoe]

@@elvankarakaya8482 ~ no, he sent it to Rachel, a prostitute at a brothel down the street… with a note that read “keep this as a treasure.”

[@czaczaja]

Who is 'fohoh'?