5. The Painter Of Starry Night May Have Had Schizophrenia
Vincent Van Gogh was a famous Dutch painter whose angry brushstrokes were immortalized in the famous Starry Night masterpiece. Serious art students today look at his paintings and immediately see the tormented mental state that the painter was in.
Anecdotal evidence has led mental health experts to suspect that Van Gogh may have actually had schizophrenia. On one occasion, during an argument with another painter, he heard a voice say, “Kill him.” He then took a knife and cut off his own ear. The tormented artist spent much of his life in isolation, but he is now known as one of the greatest artists of all time.
