Vincent van Gogh was a passionate Dutch expressionist artist, sadly most renowned for cutting his own ear off after an argument with Gauguin. His artistic genius was, sadly, closely linked to his violent mood swings which sometimes rendered him suicidal (he took his own life at the age of 37) but at others, supercharged his imagination and creative capacity. In the two months prior to his death van Gogh completed one piece of art every single day. He was a compassionate man and his first mast...
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