Van Gogh’s The Starry Night
Also called: The Starry Night
Having entered the asylum at Saint-Rémy of his own accord, Van Gogh painted the dawn sky outside his window as a swirl of stars.
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In May 1889 Van Gogh entered the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence of his own accord. On days without attacks he painted its garden, the olive groves and cypresses — nearly 150 works in a year.
In June, from the dawn sky he saw through the barred east window of his room, he painted a swirling sky, a great shining star, a cypress rising like a flame and a sleeping village. He himself thought little of it in a letter to Theo, but The Starry Night is now one of the best-known paintings in the world, in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
