Analysis Of The Starry Night

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is an infamous work of art that many people find captivating (many for it’s vibrant colors and elaborate design, and some for the history of it’s creation). Van Gogh is an artist known for his elaborate works of art, those of which came in high demand after his death. As well being a mostly self taught artist, he produced over a 2,000 works of art, all of which are now praised for their beauty and design. Van Gogh, while brilliant, became mentally ill over the years, and admitted himself into a mental institution after numerous violent episodes. This work of art, The Starry Night, is inspiring to me because of it’s context: as a work of art created by van Gogh while he resided in the mental institution; it shows that no matter how taxing someone’s life is at the moment, they can still succeed in the things that they find comfort in, and can find beauty in times when only ugliness is prominent. Vincent van Gogh is an artist born in Zundert, …show more content…
Here is where he creates the infamous painting, The Starry Night. The painting is a vision, using bright colors and stylized landforms to show a nighttime landscape at is a combination of simplicity and grandeur. It has been said by the artist himself that the landscape was made by combining different aspects of certain areas that have been engraved in his memory and imagination; this is highly evident in the use of a Dutch town surrounded by stylized and almost magical images of large and luminous stars against a rich blue backdrop. The painting, an oil on canvas, was also inspired by the image of the countryside out of his window, when the moon was the only thing that illuminated the night. The Starry Night was later shown in an art exhibit located in Brussels, Belgium, along with five other paintings that were completed during his stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole