Vincent van Gogh
Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette (1886)
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This striking composition presents a human skull with a lit cigarette protruding from its mouth, rendered in van Gogh's characteristic expressive brushwork. Created in Paris in 1886, the work employs a muted palette of ochres, grays, and blacks to emphasize the memento mori theme. The skeletal form emerges from a darkened background, while the glowing cigarette tip introduces a subtle accent of warmth and irony to this meditation on mortality.
Van Gogh produced this work during his Post-Impressionist period in Paris, a time of intense artistic experimentation and personal turbulence. The painting reflects the artist's fascination with vanitas symbolism and his ability to infuse traditional themes with psychological depth and modern sensibility. This piece exemplifies his mastery of color and form in service of profound emotional and philosophical content.
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About This Artwork
This striking composition presents a human skull with a lit cigarette protruding from its mouth, rendered in van Gogh's characteristic expressive brushwork. Created in Paris in 1886, the work employs a muted palette of ochres, grays, and blacks to emphasize the memento mori theme. The skeletal form emerges from a darkened background, while the glowing cigarette tip introduces a subtle accent of warmth and irony to this meditation on mortality.
Van Gogh produced this work during his Post-Impressionist period in Paris, a time of intense artistic experimentation and personal turbulence. The painting reflects the artist's fascination with vanitas symbolism and his ability to infuse traditional themes with psychological depth and modern sensibility. This piece exemplifies his mastery of color and form in service of profound emotional and philosophical content.
Bring the most iconic masterpieces onto your walls
Art lets you express in your home who you are: your story, your sensibility and your personality in the most beautiful and subtle way, a silent statement of culture, taste and sophistication. Whether they bring inspiration, serenity, hope or courage, the right artwork transforms how a space feels.
Your Personal Museum:
Walk through a world-class museum every single day, in your home! No queues, no velvet ropes, just you and the art.
From Renaissance masterpieces to Impressionist classics and modern art, our goal is to make the world's most iconic paintings accessible to every art lover and collector.
Quality & Craftsmanship:
Our prints are produced on museum-grade archival paper and inks made to resist the harmful effects of time, light and humidity.
Every detail, colour, texture, and nuance of the original artwork is preserved without alteration. We apply no colour enhancement, no digital filters, no modification. What you see is exactly what the master painted, their authentic palette, original shadows, every brushstroke that gives the masterpiece its soul.
Careful Packaging & Fast Shipping:
Each item is carefully packed in sturdy tubes with protective materials to ensure it remains undamaged during transport.
We offer worldwide delivery and dispatch all orders within 24 hours.
Delivery times: Europe: 2 to 4 days. USA & International: 2 to 7 days.
Our posters are sold without frames.
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