The Original Tortured Artist

Sunflowers, Starry Nights, and a man named Vincent

Self-portrait 1889, thought to be Van Gogh’s last work.

July 27, 1890

It was on this date that one of Art’s most revered figures, the painter Vincent Van Gogh, shoots himself in the chest after a severe bout of depression. Van Gogh was actually able to walk back home after the incident, where he was attended by two physicians. However, the wound became in…