Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette
1886 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 32.3 × 24.8 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Van Gogh painted this as a joke during his studies at the art academy of Antwerp. While humorous in nature, it does reflect a good understanding of anatomy. It is currently at the Vang Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
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About this artwork
Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette (1886) by Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert in the southern Netherlands, the son of a pastor. In 1869, he took his first job, working in the Hague branch of an international art dealing firm. He began to write to his younger brother Theo, a correspondence which continued for the rest of Van Gogh's life.
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