It was in Paris, in 1887, that the Van Gogh brothers met Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), with whom each brother formed a significant relationship. Theo became his dealer, and Vincent and Gauguin began ...

where he largely spends with fellow painter Paul Gaugin, one of the few other of his contemporaries he truly admires; and Vincent's infamous self-mutilation of his left ear, leading to Theo's ...