Why did he cut off his ear??
2007-09-03 15:53:01 · 7 answers · asked by [: 4 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
In a fit of epilepsy, Van Gogh pursued his friend with an open razor, was stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting a portion of his ear lobe off. Van Gogh then began to alternate between fits of madness and lucidity and was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy for treatment.
2007-09-03 16:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by Girl in Florida 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why he did that is best understood from a psychiatric perspective. Vincent had an eccentric personality and unstable moods. During the last two years of his life, he suffered greatly from psychotic episodes, including epilepsy and deep depression. Basically, the great artist was mentally ill and wasn't doing too well physically either.
2007-09-03 16:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of his insanity that he connot cope up, he was suffered depression that draw his interest in painting, and paintings is the only mediums to upsway his thoughts his failures and shortcoming, but he didn't know that he was briliant.he was a life of a very sad...... thats a lesson that we mirror of the life of a great painter.
2007-09-03 16:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by mario t. reoyan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just a legend.
He did not cut off his ear.
He was not as crazy as the legend makes him out to be.
Check out
http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=nl
2007-09-03 19:20:08 · answer #4 · answered by Wiknam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.artquotes.net/masters/vangogh_biography.htm
2007-09-03 16:05:05 · answer #5 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was insane.
2007-09-03 16:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by JeffG 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this should explain it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gough
2007-09-03 16:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by Ginko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋