Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh severed his left ear with a razor after an altercation on 23 December 1888, causing severe bleeding.

Van Gogh was removed to the local hospital in Arles following the incident and remained there until early 1889.

Van Gogh voluntarily admitted himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum on 8 May 1889 following a mental breakdown.

Van Gogh painted The Starry Night in mid-June 1889, depicting the view from his asylum room window at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole.

Van Gogh described the landscape in a letter to his sister Wil on 16 June 1889.

Van Gogh experienced a mental breakdown in July 1889, shortly after painting The Starry Night.

Van Gogh sent The Starry Night to Theo in Paris on 28 September 1889.

Van Gogh referred to the painting as a failure in a letter to Émile Bernard in late November 1889.

Van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver on 27 July 1890, aged 37, due to a depressive episode.

Van Gogh died in the early morning of 29 July 1890 in his room at the Auberge Ravoux.

The funeral was held in the afternoon of 30 July 1890, as detailed by Émile Bernard's letter to Albert Aurier.

Van Gogh left Saint-Rémy in May 1890 to move to Auvers-sur-Oise for care by Dr Gachet.

In June 1890, Van Gogh painted several portraits of his doctor, including Portrait of Dr Gachet.

Van Gogh completed two paintings of Daubigny's Garden in July 1890, one likely being his last work.

Van Gogh shot himself in the chest on 27 July 1890, dying two days later.