began and Christina slipped away from Van Gogh. After two years with Sein, Vincent was alone once again.He met another woman. She seemed to care for him, though. Her family on the other hand, did not like Vincent. Once again, he was shut out and he felt he had nothing to offer. Because of this, Theo allowed Van Gogh to join him in Paris where he was living. There he discovered the world of art and a whole new type of art. He learned all about colors from the different painters, including Paul Gauguin, who became a close friend of Vincents. After staying in Paris about a year, Vincent decided it would be best to leave. He was not getting along very well with Theo and he thought he was not successful because Theo could not sell any of his art work. People would not even consider his artwork.Van Gogh then moved out of Paris and bought he "Yellow House" in Arles as a Home of his own for painting. Theo still continued his frequent correspondence and monthly allowance of one hundred francs. Vincent did not like it living in the house all by himself. He was beginning to get very lonely. Vincent wrote Theo a letter asking him to convince his old painter friend, he met in Paris, Paul Gauguin, to join him in Arles. He had hoped to keep each other company while painting. Gauguin agreed to the idea. Near the end of October 1888, Van Gogh and Paul had such and argument Gauguin decided to leave for the night. Vincent secretly followed him and threatened him with a knife. Van Gogh returned home afterwards. At home, holding the razor in one hand, he started high at the back end of the ear, and downward so that the lower part of his left ear was chopped off. He then wrapped the ear in a cloth and gave it as a "present" to a prostitute. Van Gogh later began having hallucinations of strange sounds and people trying to poison him. After the ear incident and these hallucinations, Van Gogh realized he was mentally insane and should send himself to a mental h...
