Several of these works appear in the backgrounds of paintings by Emile Bernard.
The answer to this tossup requires an artist's name and a painting genre. The authenticity of one of these works in Oslo was included in Jacob Baart De La Faille's catalogue of its artist's works, but is now widely considered a forgery. The artist of these works wrote to his brother, a Parisian art dealer, that he often modified features of these paintings after studying Japanese prints. Several of these works appear in the backgrounds of paintings by Emile Bernard. Another of these works was dedicated to the artist's roommate in the (*) Yellow House, Paul Gauguin. The last one of these works, painted as a present for its artist's mother, depicts the subject without a beard. Many of these paintings done at Saint RÃ©my were painted from the left to show the artist's single ear. For 10 points, name these portraits done by and depicting the artist of Starry Night. 
The answer to this tossup requires an artist's name and a painting genre.
self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh [prompt on partial answers] 