[an0nym1ty]

The difference that the article is trying to highlight is the contrast between fame and economic security. Van Gogh wasn't famous while he was alive, so it's a straw-man argument. The modern Internet Star, however, is quite known.

[coldtea]

Well, Mozart and lots of other artists were famous, and still either poor or at the mercy of rich patrons.

[conceit]

You are saying Mozart was poor?