VAN GOGH - SKELETON W/ CIGARETTE, C/16 Kitchen Tool Adapted from the Max Hoffman

Adapted from the Max Hoffman Rug Design

This decorative wall pediment features a fearsome gargoyle guardian

here other shapes that were integral to the garden's ornamentation embellish it

leaves and flowers that seem to be peering back at the viewer

VAN GOGH - SKELETON W/ CIGARETTE, C/16 Kitchen Tool Adapted from the Max HoffmanSkull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette was created while van Gogh was a student at the Acadmie Royale des Beaux Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. He attended life classes to improve his command of the human figure, where a skeleton was used to study anatomy. the burning cigarette placed between the teeth of this bare skull typifies the irreverent humor that often reigned among art students, but the striking feature of this painting is van Gogh's vital and