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The Starry Night


Vincent van Gogh 1889
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
New York, Estados Unidos
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Van Gogh's night sky is a field of roiling energy. Below the of center in The Starry Night. The hamlet, on the other hand, is
exploding stars, the village is a place of quiet order. Connecting invented, and the church spire evokes van Gogh's native land, the
earth and sky is the flamelike cypress, a tree traditionally Netherlands. The painting, like its daytime companion, The Olive
associated with graveyards and mourning. But death was not Trees, is rooted in imagination and memory. Leaving behind the
ominous for van Gogh. "Looking at the stars always makes me Impressionist doctrine of truth to nature in favor of restless
dream," he said, "Why, I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of feeling and intense color, as in this highly charged picture, van
the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? Gogh made his work a touchstone for all subsequent
Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take Expressionist painting.
death to reach a star."
The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA Highlights, New York: The
The artist wrote of his experience to his brother Theo: "This Museum of Modern Art, revised 2004, originally published 1999,
morning I saw the country from my window a long time before p. 35
sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big."
This morning star, or Venus, may be the large white star just left Find out more about The Starry Night at:
mo.ma/starrynight

Detalles

Título: The Starry Night


Creador: Vincent van Gogh
Fecha de creación: 1889
Ubicación de creación: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Style: Post-Impressionism
Provenance: Acquired through the Lillie P.Bliss Bequest
Original Title: La nuit étoilée
More Info: View more works by Vincent van Gogh on MoMA.org
Dimensiones físicas: w921 x h737 mm
Tipo: Painting
Vínculo externo: View MoMA's collection online
Técnica: Oil on canvas

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