Starry Night Over the Rhône - Vincent Van Gogh
This picture was painted in 1888, on the banks of the Rhône in Arles, not far from the house he shared with his friend Paul Gauguin. It also marks the beginning of his period of expression. "Often it seems to me that the night is even more richly coloured than the day. As Vincent Van Gogh wrote in a letter to his sister, he was a lover of the effects of light at night. One feels fascinated, even bewitched, by so much light. In reality, Van Gogh painted by sublimating the light, the colours he saw and interpreted. The style and colours are similar to those used in The Starry Night.
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L'œuvre en bref
This picture was painted in 1888, on the banks of the Rhône in Arles, not far from the house he shared with his friend Paul Gauguin. It also marks the beginning of his period of expression. "Often it seems to me that the night is even more richly coloured than the day. As Vincent Van Gogh wrote in a letter to his sister, he was a lover of the effects of light at night. One feels fascinated, even bewitched, by so much light. In reality, Van Gogh painted by sublimating the light, the colours he saw and interpreted. The style and colours are similar to those used in The Starry Night.
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