The Starry Night

Painted from the window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy — with an imagined village added — Van Gogh's night sky churns with swirling stars and a glowing crescent moon. The thick, rhythmic brushwork pulses with feeling. It has become perhaps the most beloved painting of the modern era.

The Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh

  • Date1889
  • MovementPost-Impressionism
  • WhereMuseum of Modern Art, New York
  • RegionUnited States