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Why did Vincent van Gogh sell only one painting in his lifetime?

As Biography details, Van Gogh's financial woes forced him to start using flowers and himself as the subjects of paintings because he couldn't afford to keep paying farmers and peasants to pose for him. He cranked out nearly 900 paintings in a 9-year period, and according to legend, he only sold one.

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