Eliteart- Starry Night (20x24, Starry Night (Canvas))

Starry Night was painted while Vincent was in the asylum at Saint-R? and his behaviour was very erratic at the time, due to the severity of his attacks. Unlike most of Van Gogh's works, Starry Night was painted from memory and not outdoors as was Vincent's preference. This may, in part, explain why the emotional impact of the work is so much more powerful than many of Van Gogh's other works from the same period. There is the night sky filled with swirling clouds, stars ablaze with their own luminescence, and a bright crescent moon. Although the features are exaggerated, this is a scene we can all relate to, and also one that most individuals feel comfortable and at ease with, Below the rolling hills of the horizon lies a small town. There is a peaceful essence flowing from the structures. To the left of the painting there is a massive dark structure that develops an even greater sense of size and isolation. Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889.