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VanGogh Painted Skeleton With Cigarette In His Mouth
Was Van Gogh the first to portray a skeleton with a cigarette
in his mouth?
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Van Gogh, whose work was unknown in his life with the
exception of 1 painting sold and the acclaim of a few critics,
is now the world's most popular artist. One of his paintings
sold for 82.5 million.. another for 41 million
Van Gogh wrote his brother Theo that after visiting
the abbatoirs (slaughterhouses) of S France he had
become a vegetarian
