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The Starry Night
Painting  ·  Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh  ·  Dutch  ·  1853-1890

The Starry Night

1889
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
73.7 x 92.1 cm (29 x 36.3 in)
Type
Painting
Movement
Post-Impressionism
Collection
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Credit
Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest

A night sky made restless and alive, where the visible world bends toward feeling.

Van Gogh paints the night as energy rather than darkness. ANINA Arts
Public Domain Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons View source ↗