Vincent van Gogh Paintings - The Starry Night Painting

This beautiful Starry Night Painting for sale is based on the masters'
works of Vincent van Gogh. It depicts the view outside his sanatorium room window at night, although Van Gogh Starry Night Painting was painted from memory during the day. Since 1941 this painting has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It is widely hailed as Vincent van Gogh magnum opus.
Art historian Joachim Pissarro cites The Starry Night Painting as an exemplar of the artist's fascination with the nocturnal.
Vincent Van Gogh Starry Nightand Starry Night over the rhone are two of his most famous Paintings. The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most well known images in modern culture and one of the most replicated paintings until this time.

A Brief Understanding of the Starry Night Painting

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh has risen to the peak of artistic achievements. Although Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life, the aftermath of his work is enormous. Starry Night is one of the most well known images in modern culture as well as being one of the most replicated and sought after prints. From Don McLean's song 'Starry, Starry Night' , to the endless number of merchandise products sporting this image, it is nearly impossible to shy away from this amazing painting.
Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889.
Whether or not this religious inspiration is true, it is known that the piece is not the only Starry Sky painting that Van Gogh ever created. Gogh was quite proud of a piece he had painted earlier in Arles in 1888 that depicted stars reflecting in the Rhone River. Like Starry Sky this previous piece shares many of the qualities that have made Starry Sky such a popular painting. For instance:

The stars in the night sky are surrounded with their own orb of light.

The Reflection of artificial light (new to the time period) from Arles in the river makes the one's eyes move around the painting; thus keeping the viewer visually involved.

There are structures in the distant lit up in a warm glow of light.

Starry Night over the Rhone contains one final aspect that is not featured in the Starry Night piece; humans. In the bottom right corner of the painting there is a couple walking along the river. This gives the painting a down to earth feel with a natural quality. Although this painting is not nearly as popular as the seconded Starry Night piece, it still creates a pleasurable and life like environment to look at. It is also resides as a very sought after piece when it is placed with Starry Night and the following painting to create a montage of Van Gogh's Starry Night works.