Van Gogh 'cut off his ear after learning brother was to marry'

New research casts doubt on popular theory that painter took razor to his ear after row with fellow artist Paul GauguinIt is the most famous act of self-mutilation in the history of art, but the exact motivation – love? Jealousy? Rage? – for Vincent van Gogh’s decision to cut off his ear has remained unknown for more than a century. According to a new study of his time in Provence, the gruesome procedure was in fact inspired by the news his brother Theo, his most loyal confidan