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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the painter who cut off part of his ear and painted the famous “Starry Night?”
A
Edgar Degas
B
Michelangelo
C
Vincent Price
D
Vincent Van Gogh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On the night of Dec. 23, 1888, in the throes of a mental breakdown, Vincent van Gogh cut off part of his own ear.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Australian painter John Peter Russell got to know Vincent at Fernand Cormon’s studio. He painted this portrait of his friend in 1886 in a conventional, realistic style. It is clearly influenced by photography, although the face and the hand still show Impressionist touches.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh painted it in January 1889, a week after leaving hospital. He had received treatment there after cutting off most of his left ear (shown here as the bandaged right ear because he painted himself in a mirror).

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