Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear is one of Vincent Van Gogh’s self portraits, but there was a story in this famous painting. It is said that in the year 1888, Van Gogh invited P.Gauguin to live with him. However, the two artists are too stubborn to quarrel with each other. Later, Gauguin left with anger, while Van Gogh flew into a rage that he cut off his right ear then offered it to a prostitute as a gift.

In the painting of Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Van Gogh’s head wrapped in gauze, under which was bloodstained wound. The first thing that

colors and Ping Tu, which highlighted the portrait itself. In this painting, the color achieved a perfect integration in a strong contrast.

Cutting off the ears seems like a symbolic scene that summarizes Van Gogh’s life tragedy with self-injury. What the painting leaves us is a vivid description about his mental state when he lived in Arles. On the other hand, we can learn that painting is the art of silence, and you have to pay for the beauty, just like an artist would mess up his life on the way to art, but the truth is that his ears still alive.