Van Gogh Museum will show evidence of mutilation – El Universal

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Since its inception in 1973, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, owner of the collection larger pieces signed by the post-impressionist genius, focused exhibitions in aesthetics technique Dutch progression and until the sample on the verge of insanity (the edge of madness), which opens this Friday and in which in addition to 25 paintings, new evidence on the famous mutilation of his left ear will be displayed.

One of the most attractive parts of the show is the diagram of amputation and a medical note of Felix Rey, specialist who treated the painter at the hospital in Arles, France, in December 1888, after the incident. The drawing shows that cut almost all the pinna and left only part of the lobe. The document will be displayed next to a portrait of the doctor by Vincent as payment for their services.

The document was found in the Bancroft Library, University of California, by the Irish historian Bernadette Murphy during an investigation for the book La oreja de Van Gogh. the real story, to be presented within the framework of the exhibition

the determination of the enclosure due to requests from the public about the veracity and the gravity of history, how much of the incident is a myth and how much of it is true, or what mental illness affecting her.

to do this, the museum will host a symposium in which specialists would argue the respect. However, the sample is not intended to link the work to his mental state, but to address the issue of how Van Gogh had to deal with this progression to continue with your cosmetic exercise.

On the verge of insanity, which ends on September 25, also exhibit unpublished documents and other objects that provide further evidence of the pathology of Van Gogh.