Analysis Of Van Gogh's Starry Night

The artwork I chose to imagine is Van Gogh’s famous oil painting called Starry Night. It was painted in June of 1889 and has grown to be known as one of his most famous paintings. Van Gogh was a post-impressionist and painted Starry Night from memory in his apartment. The view is of a village from a window in an asylum. I chose this painting because it has always been hanging in my Aunt’s living room. I would sleep over there during the summer since I was about two years old for a about a week at a time. Since I was little I remember starring at the painting. I was always the first one up in the mornings and I would just lay in the living room and stare at the painting. My views on the painting changed as I grew up. Now, when I look at the painting I think back to the summers I spent with my Aunt.
When I was five years old I use to look at the photo and imagine myself in a castle overlooking the village. My favorite princess was Sleeping Beauty, so I would always imagine myself as her. …show more content…
Now when I look at the photo I imagine a quiet, peaceful town that is coming down from an eventful day. Everything is at peace and okay in the world. Now when I look at this photo I feel of sense of peace come over me because I remind myself that no matter what has happened throughout the day everything will be okay. I imagine myself lying on my Aunt’s couch, my aunts and cousins slowly waking from their own night of sleep. The smell of my aunt making breakfast and the smell of sunscreen because we would always get ready to go to the pool while she was making breakfast. My aunt has now passed from cancer, and now every time I see the painting I think of her. She was a teacher for forty years and I hope to one-day follow in her footsteps. I would love to have this painting hanging in my classroom one day, so that it can remind me. I also hope that this painting can have an impact on a student, as it did on