Van Gogh painted several pictures with ears cut off.

Van Gogh painted a picture with his ear cut off.

The self-portrait after ear cutting is an oil painting created by Van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist painter, in 1889+0. From 65438 to 0888, Van Gogh invited Gauguin to live in arles, but the two stubborn artists kept quarrelling. After a heated argument, Gauguin left angrily. Van Gogh couldn't stop or restrain his excitement, so he cut off his ear.

The world first infected its madness to human painters, just as it once injected magic into his works. We were surprised to see Van Gogh's twisted face, frightened eyes and trembling gestures: he seemed to be suffering instead of the whole human race and became the embodiment of pain.

With this in mind, we can understand the struggling lines and dancing color blocks in Van Gogh's works: his blood is mixed with the poured paint, and the canvas is just a bandage for his wound. This is a master who lives in trauma. He is used to talking to the world with a wound. This is a painful reaper, and his sickle finally harvested his ears.

Creation background

During his stay in Paris, he created eight self-portraits from the first self-portrait wearing a black felt hat to the self-portrait in front of an easel beginning with 1888. 1In February, 888, Van Gogh went to arles, a small town in the south of France, on the recommendation of a friend, thus reaching the peak of his creation. During this period, three self-portraits were born, such as Self-Portrait for Gauguin and Self-Portrait for Zhaer. 1889 After he came to Lei Mier, he created the last three self-portraits.

1888, Van Gogh invited Gauguin to live in arles. At first, they got along well, but with Van Gogh's illness, the two artists kept quarreling. After a heated argument, Gauguin left angrily. Van Gogh couldn't stop or restrain his excitement, so he cut off his ear.