The Starry Night By Vincent Van Gogh

During Vincent’s time at the Saint-Rémy sanatorium, he painted one of his renowned landscape paintings, Starry Night in 1889. The choice of medium used was oil paint where Vincent famously displayed his impasto technique on the hemp material canvas. He wrote to his brother about his inspiration stating, “This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big” . Hence, you can infer that Starry Night was painted from the view of Vincent’s room where the background of the composition depicts the night scenery of a small and peaceful village, which juxtaposes the movements of the brightly lit sky. However, Vincent did not exactly follow what he saw from his window but painted from what he saw in his imagination, following the likes of Gauguin.

Van Gogh used the seven elements of art in “starry night”. In the swirls in the sky he used lines. He used color in the sky and in the town. You can see the texture in the lush trees and spiraling stars. Compare the cypress tree with the church steeple there is space between them. There is also value from the sky with different shades of blue. He used form in the town. Van Gogh used form in the town.

Vincent Van-gogh painted “Starry Night” with cool analogous colors. “Starry Night” was created with oil on canvas. “Starry Night is “29 x 36¼” feet.”(). It is not a realistic painting because you can not find the picture he painted in an actual place. Van-Gogh created “Starry Night” with motion. In the painting, the clouds are positioned in a way that it makes the viewers feel like it moves to the right. He also positioned the cloud,so the viewers would think that the moon has motion. “A combination of

Another main focal point in this canvas was subject matter. This is where the objects or events are described. The artist gives us different objects such as the old couple seems displayed as depressing. Or you can observe it as normal couple, walking across the river, enjoying the night. He also gives us a boat which could possibly be giving us a correlation because the boat looks like it’s broken or about to sink. There is also another interpretation with the object that Van Gogh displays which is, the stars. Depending upon which way you want to take it, they look like flowers or fireworks. Also, there is a sense of false appearance with the houses. If you stare at just the bank you will notice that it is just a bunch of bright lights but if you pay attention to the water close to the bank, you will acknowledge the darkness or shadow of the houses.

Starry Night’s texture is remarkable. Van Gogh use of bold brush stokes and undulating circles and swirls make the image seem to jump off the canvas. The texture in this work of art visually provides the viewer with a sense of motion and vibrancy as the exaggerating glow from the stars are out of their realistic proportion. The actual texture on the canvas, each swirl and swoop of paint is represented by the brushwork itself, creating a visual texture in perfect synchronization with the actual texture of the painting. Van Gogh’s use of heavy brushstrokes cause the painting to appear to have a rough texture. This causes the painting to have a three-dimensional look and creates contrast in the painting with the night sky to be emphasized from the village depicted.

Van Gogh’s work is representational because of its realistic representation of the night sky over a

If I had to pick a piece of art I would pick the painting Starry Night. This piece of art was painted by Van Gough and hangs in the Museum of Art in New York. I relate this particular piece of art to a moment in time when I would travel to New Jersey in the summers and explore the city of New York. One day my mom and the friends we stayed with decided to visit the Museum of Art since my mom’s an art major we were always doing things like this. I saw many pieces of art, but there was a particular painting that caught my eye Starry night. So many beautiful paintings were hung, but Starry Night always makes me relate, and think of the time spent in New York.

While researching Vincent Van Gogh, I found out several interesting facts about him that I previously didn’t know. I also found out information on one of his famous paintings, Starry Night . My goal for this essay is to provide information and insight into both van Gogh and Starry Night.

In 1889, Vincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night while staying at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole. He painted the Starry Night while looking out the window of his room in the asylum. Though the art is portrayed at night he actually paint this during the day. Today, the Starry Night painting outshines the artist because of how well known it is. It is seen on everything from blankets, to coffee cups, to phone cases the starry night is everywhere. Starry night’s form is sporadic in the way he uses different lines and textures. When looking at the sky he uses quick strokes in a swirling pattern, it's almost as though he is being rushed, trying to get his ideas on the canvas before they are forgotten. Then when he gets to the hills the strokes are more rolling and longer.

“The Starry Night” is one of Van Gogh most well-known work. The art piece composes of swirling sky that are intended to help viewer eyes move throughout the painting, and a tree pointing up in the sky. It may be the effect of Van Gogh mental illness; the whole art piece gives off a dreamlike feel. Van Gogh choice of color make “The Starry Night” look even more mysterious. Besides, he uses light to emphasis movement between swirl creating this imaginative world (Vincent Van Gogh Gallery). Compare to “Potato Easter,” Van Gogh style has changes dramatically.

This painting was a composite of different painting and sketches, done by him and by other well-known painters. A great insight to his imagination, this painting challenged many viewers. Many believe this imaged was conceived months after he was in the hospital since he spent a lot of time sight seeing outside his window. Yet, most of the painting was conceived through his own imagination. Both the church and the crescent moon were drawn and painted from his memory, while the hills and cypresses were drawn from realistic perspective. Van Gogh wrote about his desire to paint a starry night to many of his close friends and family members, months before the actual painting was created. After months of contemplating the painting, he finally created the

In my art appreciation class this spring, we watched a slide show of Vincent Van Gogh’s painting. There was a song playing during the slide show, it was called “Vincent” by Don McLean. We learned that Van Gogh was a sad artist. He would paint whatever he was feeling. In the middle of the night when he was sad and couldn’t sleep, he would go outside and just paint to get rid of any depressing thoughts. I saw his art the first time when I was in the doctor’s office.

Renowned artist, Vincent Van Gogh, expresses his practice of religion through his artwork, “When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars”. In this statement he is expressing how his religion affects his artwork. Van Gogh’s faith is portrayed in his paintings in the sense that it inspires his creative ideas. In Van Goghs’ painting Starry Night, the oppression of religion is being voiced through the foremost focal figure, the wave of Christianity and the holy church.

Some artistic behavior are the artist style, method, materials used to do his or her work, fluency in creating aesthetic, their different techniques, etc.

Artwork by Vincent Van Gogh is “The bedroom” this painting was one of the most loved artworks of his. Van Gogh painted this in October 1889. When Van Gogh drew this, he drew this painting for his brother to impress him of the painting he was working on. He sent his brother a sketch of the painting along with a letter. He then made a second version of the painting, which is now on display in Chicago. He also, made a third version of the painting for his mother and sister, and that painting is found in Paris. When looking at Vincent Van Gogh’s painting of “The bedroom” my first thought of the painting was boring, and simple. I questioned myself and ask why is the room empty? But, once I was visualizing it closely, I thought the painting was interesting. I considered it interesting because, what first caught my eye was the outlining of the bed. That’s odd that was the first thing that caught my eye, right? Well the way he outlined the bed gave me an understanding of the distance of the floor and the bottom of the bed, it gives the audience the reality of the artwork. I think that it was a good detail from Van Gogh. He did not make it seem like the bed was directly flat on the floor. When I saw this detail, it made me look at how he painted