His mature work and many of his most famous paintings date from the ensuing year. I n October 1888, Paul Gauguin came to live and work with van Gogh. After only 2 months, however, following the first of Vincent's attacks of dementia, in which he amputated his own earlobe, Gauguin left, having first summoned Theo from Paris. His grief-stricken brother died only six months thereafter. Charles Moffett, Associate Curator, European Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
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