Is it really harder to make money though? You take the best of the best in painting from 150 years ago, and none of these people were very well off. Gaugain, V

Is it really harder to make money though? You take the best of the best in painting from 150 years ago, and none of these people were very well off. Gaugain, Van Gogh, Matisse, Braque. These aren't people who lived luxurious lives.