Description
From the moment of his arrival in Arles, on 8 February 1888, Van Gogh was constantly preoccupied with the representation of night effects .
In April 1888, he wrote to his brother Theo I need a starry night with cypresses or maybe above a field of ripe wheat. In June, he confided to the painter Emile Bernard But when shall I ever paint the Starry Sky, this painting that keeps haunting me and, in September, in a letter to his sister, he evoked the same subject Often it seems to me night is even more richly coloured than day . During the same month of September, he finally realised his obsessive project.
- Title Starry Night
- Creator Lifespan 1853 – 1890
- Creator Nationality Dutch
- Creator Gender Male
- Date Created 1888
- Provenance Donation by Mr and Mrs Robert Khan-Sriber in memory of Mr and Mrs Fernad Moch, 1975
- Physical Dimensions w920 x h720 mm
- Painter Vincent van Gogh
- Original Title La Nuit ¨¦toil¨¦e
- Credit Line ? Mus¨¦e d’Orsay, dist. RMN
- Type Oil on canvas
- Rights #ERROR!
