Are there any paintings by Vincent Van Gogh in the Louvre?

The Louvre is not the place to see Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works in Paris. For that, go to the Musee d'Orsay, which owns 24 van Gogh works.

The Louvre's Paintings Collection goes up to 1848.

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Are there any paintings by Vincent Van Gogh in the Louvre?

It's true that Vincent cut off only a small part of his ear lobe, and that this was following an argument with Gauguin. From the book, "Creativity and Madness" by Barry M. Panter, M.D., et al: "Not surprisingly, they [Gauguin and van Gogh] began to quarrel. The disagreement of these two emotionaly volatile men reached an apex on the evening of December 23rd, 1888. Gauguin stormed out of the house in which they were having dinner and discussing art, into the snow outside. Vincent followed with a knife in his hand. Gauguin heard the footsteps behind him, turned, and stared at the enraged van Gogh. Their eyes locked for a moment, Vincent turned back, went upstairs to his room, and cut off a portion of his left ear. This was the displacement of his anger toward Gauguin to himself, and another self-multilation or displaced castration of himself. He put the portion of his ear into a box, took it to Rachel, a prostitute he knew in Arles, and then passed out. Taking the ear to Rachel probably expressed his wish to escape from the unbeatable father, represented by Gauguin, and to be comforted by the mother." This is really the short answer. To learn more about Vincent's tortured life (which began in the earliest stages of his childhood)--a life that would lead him to this eventual act of self-induced violence--I'd highly recommend reading the book. It's very enlightening, and includes the psychological studies of a number of well known artists, musicians, and writers.

Yes, several