The Starry Night picture

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

The Dutch artist
Vincent Van Gogh has
been a sensitive child
since childhood.

In his youth, he spent

seven years selling
paintings at his uncle's
firm, where he found
his love for drawing.
In May 1889, during discussion of plans with
Gauguin, Van Gogh suddenly attacked his
friend with a shaver in his hands. It is
unknown clear what exactly happened, but
later that night, Vincent cut off his earlobe.

He was taken to a psychiatric hospital in

Arles, where a month after the incident, the
artist painted the picture "Starry Night".

And although Van Gogh depicted the view

from the hospital window, most of the
exhibition is fictional: he could only see the Gauguin
wheat field and the sky.
In the case of the
painting "Starry Night",
Van Gogh did not
explain his idea in any
way. Art critics believe
that huge swirling stars
refer to religious
feelings: reflections on
the end of life, on
eternity (вечность).
The brightest star in
the picture, located to
the right of the
cypress trees, is
Venus, which,
according to
researchers, was such
at the time.