Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889), painted in the aftermath of Van Gogh’s infamous spat with Paul Gauguin in Arles, is among the most famous paintings held by the Courtauld Gallery, London. It forms the centrepiece of this display (3 February–8 May) of 15 self-portraits – half of those produced by Van Gogh during his short career – which span the early Self-Portrait with a Dark Felt Hat he painted in Paris in 1886, and the Self-Portrait with a Palette he completed at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence shortly before his death in 1890. Find out more from the Courtauld’s website.
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