Leonardo da Vinci spent 12 years painting the Mona Lisa’s lips.

The term “Gothic” originally had a negative connotation implying that medieval cathedrals were so crude that only a Goth could produce them.

During his entire life, artist Vincent Van Gogh sold just one painting; “Red Vineyard at Arles”. His work “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” sold for $82.5 million in 1990.

Rodin died of frostbite in 1917 when the French government refused him financial aid for a flat, yet kept his statues warmly housed in museums.