Sunday 12 October 2008

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889


Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City,

Hanging at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, this is considered Van Gogh's most famous painting. Painted in 1889, it depicts the scene from the window of the sanitarium where he was held in the village of Saint-Remy. It was drawn from memory during day time. We know from a letter to his brother Theo, that Van Gogh did not particularly like this painting.

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