In January 1889, after a heated argument with his friend Paul Gauguin that led him to cut off part of his left ear, Vincent van Gogh painted one of the most iconic self-portraits in the history of art ...

A gifted self-taught painter, he collected works by his artist friends, including Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne, Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, and exhibited with them. Gauguin’s sympathy with ...