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The famous painting, "Self Portrait", was painted by one of the world's greatest painters, Vicnent Van gogh. We all know about the infamous episode in which Van Gogh mutilated his ear after an argument with another painter, Paul gauguin. In 1889, he became a voluntary patient at an asylum where he continued to paint. His style of painting in unmistakable. He was able to use his colors very well and had very distinctive dashed brush strokes. Van Gogh's painting, it's last of his self potrait