One of the most told stories in the art world is the one about Vincent Van Gogh chopping off his ear and sending it to his beloved in a mad attempt to prove his loyalty to her. Since then, though, ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The star of a new exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum is not one of the Dutch painter’s flamboyant masterpieces, but a rough sketch by a junior French provincial doctor.

A sketch by a provincial doctor, recently discovered in an American library, reportedly shows that troubled artist Vincent Van Gogh cut off almost his entire ear in 1888.

One hundred and twenty-eight years after Vincent van Gogh took a razor to his ear — signaling the start of the tumultuous months leading up to his suicide attempt and death — we remain fascinated by ...