starry night

     

The Starry Night (Dutch: De sterrennacht) is a painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. Since 1941 it has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Moern Art in New York City. Widely hailed as his magnum opus, the painting has been reproduced many times and is one of his most renowned paintings.

Trivia about starry night

  • This 1889 Van Gogh work showing the evening sky was painted from memory in an asylum at Saint-Remy
  • In August 2005, Nathan made a van Gogh of things with his Lego reproduction of this painting
  • Van Gogh painted this work, seen here, with candles stuck in his hatband
  • Munch's painting seen here has this title, just like an 1889 van Gogh masterpiece