Date of creation:

1889
Height (cm):
73.70
Length (cm):
92.10
Support: Canvas
Subject:
Landscapes
Characteristics:
PostImpressionism
Created by:
Vincent Van Gogh
Current Location:
New York
Owner: Museum
of Modern Art

STARRY NIGHT
BY VINCENT VAN

TITLE OF WORK
STARRY NIGHT
- the overwhelming night sky
-11 fiery yellow stars
-crescent moon at the top right
-huge cypress bush

ARTISTS NAME
VINCENT WILLEM VAN GOGH (18531890)
-was a major Post-Impressionist
-Impressionist technique of the 19 th century
Post-Impressionism- art should reflect
reality with natural color and lighting.
-art is not meant to imitate form, but to
create form.

ANALYSIS AND INSIGHT

-It is a religious piece depicting a
story in the Bible. In the book of
Genesis 37:9, Look, I have dreamed
another dream. And this time, the
sun, the moon and the eleven stars
bowed down to me.
-This painting communicated a sense
of loneliness as if no one really saw
the world as he does.