1888-1889 · 3 Gogh.art nodes
Night
Night is not darkness in Van Gogh; it is a condition that forces vision to work differently: gaslight, stars, café and sky make colour abnormal.
- The Colour Experimenter
- The Ferocious Reader
- Synaesthetic Precision
- The Copyist
- The Translator
Starry Night over the Rhône
At night, by gaslight, before the night sky, he painted the night. That alone should not be left out.
- The Colour Experimenter
- The Ferocious Reader
The Night Café
"It is one of the ugliest pictures I have done." Those are his own words, from the letter.
- Synaesthetic Precision
- The Colour Experimenter
The Starry Night
About his most famous picture, he himself said little. Both of these things are true at once.
- Synaesthetic Precision
- The Colour Experimenter