Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh (1889)
Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 and was a post- impressionist painter whose work was known for emotions, beauty and color (Bio.com). Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Starry Night (1889) (Figure1) highly influenced the 20th century (Bio.com). Van Gogh lived a life of struggle and grew up poor and his work was not known throughout his entire lifetime but after his death became iconic (Bio.com). Van Gogh developed his love for painting from his mother who was an artist herself (Bio.com). Van Gogh’s famous painting Starry Night (1889) (Figure1) is a detailed yet beautiful oil painting done on canvas while he was in a mental asylum a year before his death(Vincent Van Gogh, The Paintings). Vincent Van Gogh had shot himself in 1890 with a loaded gun and stayed in the hospital while his brother Theo James visited him and after two days in the hospital Van Gogh passed away (Bio.com). Starry nights is the second version of his original painting “Starry night over the Rhone” which was made in …show more content…
The way he chooses to surround the moon and light with colors such as white and yellow to emphasize on brightness, shows his idea of a better life upon his dark life. In a letter to his brother Theo Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh explains to his brother that there is silence better than the one portrayed in the starry nights and ploughed fields (A previous painting by Vincent Van Gogh) (Starry Nights Analysis, Artble.com). He further refers to Leo Tolstoy’s book “My religion” and how it lacks the topic of resurrection (Starry Night Analysis, Artble.com). Through his letter, it is clear that Van Gogh is referring to death as a peaceful entity. The dark black bush on the lower left can also be portrayed as a stairway to heaven from a viewer as the height of the bush is tall enough to look like as it’s reaching the
Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 and was a post- impressionist painter whose work was known for emotions, beauty and color (Bio.com). Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Starry Night (1889) (Figure1) highly influenced the 20th century (Bio.com). Van Gogh lived a life of struggle and grew up poor and his work was not known throughout his entire lifetime but after his death became iconic (Bio.com). Van Gogh developed his love for painting from his mother who was an artist herself (Bio.com). Van Gogh’s famous painting Starry Night (1889) (Figure1) is a detailed yet beautiful oil painting done on canvas while he was in a mental asylum a year before his death(Vincent Van Gogh, The Paintings). Vincent Van Gogh had shot himself in 1890 with a loaded gun and stayed in the hospital while his brother Theo James visited him and after two days in the hospital Van Gogh passed away (Bio.com). Starry nights is the second version of his original painting “Starry night over the Rhone” which was made in …show more content…
The way he chooses to surround the moon and light with colors such as white and yellow to emphasize on brightness, shows his idea of a better life upon his dark life. In a letter to his brother Theo Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh explains to his brother that there is silence better than the one portrayed in the starry nights and ploughed fields (A previous painting by Vincent Van Gogh) (Starry Nights Analysis, Artble.com). He further refers to Leo Tolstoy’s book “My religion” and how it lacks the topic of resurrection (Starry Night Analysis, Artble.com). Through his letter, it is clear that Van Gogh is referring to death as a peaceful entity. The dark black bush on the lower left can also be portrayed as a stairway to heaven from a viewer as the height of the bush is tall enough to look like as it’s reaching the