Red-bearded Artist cuts off ear!
Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch artist in the 1800s. His most famous paintings are ‘The Starry Night’ & ‘Sunflowers’.
He became a painter in 1880 & died in 1890. In the last 10 years of his life he finished 900 paintings as well as 1100 drawings & sketches. Unfortunately, Vincent wasn’t very happy and he killed himself when he was only 37 years old.
His best friend was also an artist, his name was Paul Cezanne. 2 years before Vincent died, they had a big arguement & Paul didn’t want to be his friend anymore. Vincent was so upset that he cut off his own ear !
Once the police had to close his house & put him in a hospital,after thirty of his neighbours complained about the fou roux (”the redheaded madman”).
There’s lots of books about Vincent van Gogh in our libraries so you can read more about this wild redhead:
Love vincent van gogh. He was a great artists. Thanks for sharing the links.