On this day in 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his own ear. (A century-some later, Joni Mitchell refe
On this day in 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his own ear. (A century-some later, Joni Mitchell referenced his self-portrait in a self-portrait that became the cover of her album “Turbulent Indigo.”) Here is the stirring first-hand account of what actually happened that night from his best friend, Paul Gauguin. -- source link
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