The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh · 1889
The story
The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the 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 imaginary village. It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Described as a "touchstone of modern art", The Starry Night has been regarded as one of the most recognizable paintings in the Western canon.
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- MoMA, New York, United States
- Movement
- Post-impressionism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 73.7 × 92.1 cm
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