Two Van Gogh paintings to be shown in London for first time

Works created in hospital after ear mutilation incident to be shown at Courtauld Gallery next month

Two Vincent van Gogh paintings created in the months after the Dutch artist mutilated his ear will be exhibited in London for the first time.

The works, The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles and The Ward in the Hospital at Arles, would appear at the Courtauld Gallery from next month, the Art Newspaper reported.