http://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/collection/impressionism-post-impressionism/vincent-van-gogh-self-portrait-with-bandaged-ear
In 1889, Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear lobe and handed it to his love Rachel, making this a real painting. This painting illustrates Vincent after his surgery using oil on a canvas. This is a very significant painting relating to the book "Sunflowers" because Vincent was going through so much distress and he acted on his own intuition and cut his ear lobe off. At the time Vincent was very stressed about Gauguin leaving his studio, his brother getting engaged and Rachel having to be there for his fight with Gauguin. This portrait shows Vincent after his surgery and depicts many key aspects in the background like the blank canvas and Japaneses print. Vincent had a lot of interest in Japanese art and the blank canvas could signify that there was still many more painting to come and his work had not been finished. Vincent used a lot of long brush strokes to making this painting but as you can see on his face and hat the stokes start to curve more. Also the amount of color switching in Vincent's face could also tell the viewer that there was a lot of things on his mind as he painted this self-portrait.
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