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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedA painter's problems: could van Gogh's torment be attributed to chemistry?(CHEMFUSION)
Canadian Chemical News, April, 2008 by Schwarcz, Joe
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On December 23, 1888, a prostitute in the town of Arles, France received a strange Christmas present. The package, wrapped in newsprint, contained part of a human ear--the ear of Vincent van Gogh. Why the artist mutilated himself in this fashion after returning home from a visit to the brothel has been the subject of intense conjecture.
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The artist's career began in Holland. His early paintings, such as the Potato Eaters, were dark and sombre, clearly conveying the artist's sympathy with the hard life of the poor Dutch peasant. A move to Paris, and later ...
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