Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette ☷ Van Gogh ☲ Woven Art Blanket mosaic with tall masts and chimneys

with tall masts and chimneys silhouetted against the sky

The Wave (1888

This painting was a response to critics who judged that work as cold

When asked about the lonely mood

Friedrich makes use of Rückenfigur (a rear-facing figure that is not the primary subject)

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette ☷ Van Gogh ☲ Woven Art Blanket mosaic with tall masts and chimneysSkull 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.