Question

Why did Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear?

Answer 1

Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear when temperatures flared with Paul Gauguin, the artist with whom he had been working for a while in Arles.  Van Gogh’s illness revealed itself: he began to hallucinate and suffered attacks in which he lost consciousness. During one of these attacks, he used the knife. He could later recall nothing about the event.