The Art of Vincent van Gogh

Starry Night

"Starry Night" is one of the most famous paintings by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. 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 imagined village.

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

This piece illustrates Van Gogh's fascination with the night sky. The swirling patterns in the sky create a vibrant rhythm, while the cypress tree in the foreground ties the earth to the expansiveness of the cosmos.