A good nickname can show the reverence fans or the media have for the athlete, and it can demonstrate a wicked sense of humour, but always, it should demonstrate that sport, at its essence, should maintain a sense of fun.
Who Really Cut Off Van Gogh's Ear? Who Really Cut Off Van Gogh's Ear? Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat on display in 2005 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat on display in 2005 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Most anyone who's had a beginning art history class knows the story of how the great Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh sliced off part of his left ear during a fit of madness.
One historian suggests she was actually the artist who painted a fifth of the works attributed to Vermeerâhis daughter. By Benjamin Binstock. Girl With a Pearl Earring, oil on canvas, c. 1670, 46.5 cm by 40 cm. Painting by Johannes Vermeer. Courtesy of Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. Johannes Vermeerâs iconic Girl With a Pearl Earring has arrived at the Frick Collection in New York, drawing unprecedented crowds.