above which, in the morning, I watch the sun rise in all its glory." "Through the iron-barred window," he wrote to his brother, Theo, around, "I can see an enclosed square of wheat.
The view has been identified as the one from his bedroom window, facing east, a view which Van Gogh painted variations of no fewer than twenty-one times, including The Starry Night. The Starry Night was painted mid-June by around 18 June, the date he wrote to his brother Theo to say he had a new study of a starry sky.Īlthough The Starry Night was painted during the day in Van Gogh's ground-floor studio, it would be inaccurate to state that the picture was painted from memory. Paul Getty Museum, and the blue self-portrait from September, 1889, in the Musée d'Orsay. During this period, he produced some of the best-known works of his career, including the Irises from May 1889, now in the J.
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Housed in a former monastery, Saint-Paul-de-Mausole catered to the wealthy and was less than half full when Van Gogh arrived, allowing him to occupy not only a second-story bedroom but also a ground-floor room for use as a painting studio.ĭuring the year Van Gogh stayed at the asylum, the prolific output of paintings he had begun in Arles continued. In the aftermath of the 23 December 1888 breakdown that resulted in the self-mutilation of his left ear, Van Gogh voluntarily admitted himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum on. It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, acquired through the Lillie P. The Starry Night is regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an idealized village. The Starry Night is an oil on canvas by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.
Leaving behind the Impressionist doctrine of truth to nature in favor of restless feeling and intense color, as in this highly charged picture, van Gogh made his work a touchstone for all subsequent Expressionist painting. The painting, like its daytime companion, The Olive Trees, is rooted in imagination and memory. The hamlet, on the other hand, is invented, and the church spire evokes van Gogh's native land, the Netherlands. The artist wrote of his experience to his brother Theo: "This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big." This morning star, or Venus, may be the large white star just left of center in The Starry Night. "Looking at the stars always makes me dream," he said, "Why, I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star." Connecting earth and sky is the flamelike cypress, a tree traditionally associated with graveyards and mourning. Below the exploding stars, the village is a place of quiet order. Van Gogh's night sky is a field of roiling energy.
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