If Van Gogh Could Talk About Art Therapy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-m-eger/if-van-gogh-could-talk-ab_b_10509604.html
We know that Van Gogh severely cut his ear after a fight with his friend, Paul Gauguin (although some now say that he severed his ear in the fight itself), and we know that he checked himself into a mental hospital in Saint-Remy France in the late 19th century. There he stayed for about a year.