![Van Gogh cut off his whole ear instead of just the lobe and gave it to a brothel maid, new research finds Van Gogh cut off his whole ear instead of just the lobe and gave it to a brothel maid, new research finds](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/07/12/van_gogh_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq0Z2m9fTZlPCaE9lzDAtkDgiNMSpQgD3pEueusISl_Z4.jpg)
Van Gogh cut off his whole ear instead of just the lobe and gave it to a brothel maid, new research finds
![Timehop on X: "OTD: In 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off the lower part of his ear, suffering from severe depression and poverty. Not until after his death was the Dutch painter Timehop on X: "OTD: In 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off the lower part of his ear, suffering from severe depression and poverty. Not until after his death was the Dutch painter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHTTuXPXsAMMJe6.jpg)
Timehop on X: "OTD: In 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off the lower part of his ear, suffering from severe depression and poverty. Not until after his death was the Dutch painter
![TIL when Vincent Van Gogh cut his left ear with a razor, he was taken to hospital and treated by Dr Felix Rey. Van Gogh painted a portrait of Rey and gave TIL when Vincent Van Gogh cut his left ear with a razor, he was taken to hospital and treated by Dr Felix Rey. Van Gogh painted a portrait of Rey and gave](https://external-preview.redd.it/5s4l69hNXV0kN1M-h5gCEWBqeySB20dnoHBVgE6vUaE.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=791ac4da5c255734ea7d79b6c9a221c7b8461936)
TIL when Vincent Van Gogh cut his left ear with a razor, he was taken to hospital and treated by Dr Felix Rey. Van Gogh painted a portrait of Rey and gave
![Reconsidering Cinema on X: "I don't think it was pain that made Vincent Van Gogh great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. ~ David Lynch OTD Vincent Reconsidering Cinema on X: "I don't think it was pain that made Vincent Van Gogh great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. ~ David Lynch OTD Vincent](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkrIGJ4VQAEnlKu.jpg:large)
Reconsidering Cinema on X: "I don't think it was pain that made Vincent Van Gogh great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. ~ David Lynch OTD Vincent
![Gauguin's Stirring First-Hand Account of What Actually Happened the Night Van Gogh Cut off His Own Ear – The Marginalian Gauguin's Stirring First-Hand Account of What Actually Happened the Night Van Gogh Cut off His Own Ear – The Marginalian](https://i0.wp.com/www.themarginalian.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/vangogh_gauguin_ear.jpg?fit=600%2C315&ssl=1&w=640)