Starry Night Analysis

Starry Night, this is known as one of the most remarkable art pieces from the Post-Impressionism period. The post impressionism period was coined by the English art critic Roger Fry for the late nineteenth century artist such as Van Gogh. This notable piece was constructed in 1889, one year before his death. The piece has been identified as a view from his bedroom window of his asylum room located in France. While he was in the asylum he painted nearly 150 canvases (Department of European). The painting Starry Night consists of a flame like cypress tree which is thought to represent a bridge to life and death, the curving lines of the hills, and the genius contrast of bright yellow in the blue sky for stars. When Van Gogh painted Starry-Night, …show more content…
Two days before his death, Van Gogh went to paint, but he carried a loaded pistol with him, he shot himself in the chest, but the bullet did not kill him. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where his brother Theo came to visit him, they left the hospital a few days later, and Van Gogh died in the arms of his brother (Vincent Van Gogh). Theo had recently cut Van Gogh off financially. His family was very poor and at the age of age fifteen, and he had to quit school and go to work. He then got a job at his uncles’ art dealership. By this time, Van Gogh was fluent in four languages French, German, English and …show more content…
I have always been interested in Vincent van Gogh’s work ever since I found out that he went crazy, and he cut off his own ear lobe with a razor blade— in my middle school art class. Starry Night has always caught my attention. I remember when I first saw the painting, I was reading a children’s book that had a copy of Van Gogh famous piece and I fell in love with it. We all go through rough patches in our life, and for him painting was a way to release some of that negative energy that was built up over the years from his family and brother Theo. For me, it started at an early age in the kitchen when I was cooking with my dad, when I am in the kitchen cooking everything just seems to melt away all the stress of that day or the negative things around me just go away. I like to think that’s how Van Gogh felt when he was painting starry night. My dad owned his own restaurant and catering business and we would go as far as Florida to Tennessee for a catering job, but for my dad it was so much more than a job he loved what he did. He loved to make someone happy and make someone’s day after they ate his food. My dad was the type of guy that would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. My dad is the one who taught me how to cook we were always in the kitchen together, no matter if we were cooking our family