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Vincent van Gogh Starry Night over the Rhone Painting |
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Painting
Title: Starry Night over the Rhone 1888
Oil on Canvas, 72.5 x 92cm - 28 x 36 Inches
(approx)
Vincent van Gogh
Famous Dutch artist - Post Impressionist painter
(click on painting for a larger image of "Starry
Night over the Rhone")
About the Starry Night over the Rhone Painting
One of several night scenes painted by the
famous Dutch master. Van Gogh's star filled
sky in Arles was done after his ealier success
of the Cafe
Terrace at Night and before the more famous
"Starry Night" painting that now
hangs in the New York Museum of Modern Art.
In a letter to his sister Wilhelmina, Van
Gogh said "At present I absolutely
want to paint a starry sky. It often seems
to me that night is still more richly coloured
than the day; having hues of the most intense
violets, blues and greens. If only you pay
attention to it you will see that certain
stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green,
blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without
my expatiating on this theme it is obvious
that putting little white dots on the blue-black
is not enough to paint a starry sky." |
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