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Episode #2: Was Van Gogh Accidentally Murdered? (Season 1, Episode 2)
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:51:36
Publish Date: 2016-08-29 13:32:43
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Vincent Van Gogh's suicide is a huge part of the mythology surrounding him: as much as the famous tale of the cut-off ear is. This so-called "tortured genius," it is said, was so broken down by life and failure that he had no choice but to end his life. Right? But in 2011, two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors published a book titled Van Gogh: The Life that stunned the art world. Therein, Gregory White Smith and Stephen Naifeh state that the artist didn't actually commit suicide.

No, they say: he was actually murdered. 

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Want even MORE information? Check out the links below:

Van Gogh Museum: 125 Questions

Van Gogh Museum: The End of a Difficult Road

Vincent Van Gogh's Letters available online in their entirety

CBS News: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh (video)

Self-Portrait as an Artist, 1888, oil on canvas, Van Gogh Museum
The Potato Eaters, 1885, oil on canvas, Van Gogh Museum
Entrance Hall of Saint-Paul Hospital, 1889, Black chalk, brush and thinned oil on pink paper, Van Gogh Museum
Starry Night, 1889, oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art
Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 1891, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay collection
Wheatfield with Crows, 1890, oil on canvas, Van Gogh Museum
The Auberge Ravoux, where Vincent Van Gogh died
Tombstones of Vincent and Theo Van Gogh
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