Starry Night
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Year Composed: 1889
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Basement
Year Composed: 1889
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Basement
About the Artwork
When someone mentions or thinks of Vincent van Gogh, the first painting to come to their mind is his Starry Night. As one of the most recognizable paintings in the world, Starry Night highlights a scene of calmness and peace during a time of great instability and sadness. Starry Night, comparable to van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône (1888), is the view of the night sky and cityscape of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence from the window of his room at the city's asylum. For a short time, van Gogh was able to find peace within a troubled time of his life, and that peace can be both seen and felt within his iconic Starry Night.
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh was one of the most influential historical figures of Western art. Most of his artwork came in the last several years of his life, and included portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and still-life paintings. His artworks were very expressive with the bright palette and the loose, painterly brushstrokes. Over 2,000 of his works of art became the influential and inspirational cornerstone for modern works of art, including his Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers (1887), The Night Café (1888), and his Starry Night (1889).
About the Movement
Starry Night was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, United States of America
When someone mentions or thinks of Vincent van Gogh, the first painting to come to their mind is his Starry Night. As one of the most recognizable paintings in the world, Starry Night highlights a scene of calmness and peace during a time of great instability and sadness. Starry Night, comparable to van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône (1888), is the view of the night sky and cityscape of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence from the window of his room at the city's asylum. For a short time, van Gogh was able to find peace within a troubled time of his life, and that peace can be both seen and felt within his iconic Starry Night.
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh was one of the most influential historical figures of Western art. Most of his artwork came in the last several years of his life, and included portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and still-life paintings. His artworks were very expressive with the bright palette and the loose, painterly brushstrokes. Over 2,000 of his works of art became the influential and inspirational cornerstone for modern works of art, including his Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers (1887), The Night Café (1888), and his Starry Night (1889).
About the Movement
Starry Night was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, United States of America