Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette ☷ Van Gogh ☲ Art Print Frame Color:Natural Survage met Modigliani in 1911

Survage met Modigliani in 1911 in Paris and they shared a studio in 1917

making it one of the world's most recognizable paintings

It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation

The painting reflects van Gogh's interest in Japanese woodcuts

1 (1862) by James McNeill Whistler

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette ☷ Van Gogh ☲ Art Print Frame Color:Natural Survage met Modigliani in 1911Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (1886) by Vincent van Gogh is self descriptive. He depicted skeletons and skulls only a few times in his career. It is considered a memento mori, a reminder of death, at a time when he himself was in poor health. One might interpret it as a criticism of smoking, but van Gogh was an avid smoker until his death in 1890.