Van Gogh Cafe Terrace At Night Museum

The night is painted with no black in the sky it features only a blue sky with van gogh s unique star motifs.

Van gogh cafe terrace at night museum.

It s oil on canvas about 32 x 25 in 81 x 65 cm. It is part of the kröller müller museum collection. Café terrace at night is an 1888 oil painting by the dutch artist vincent van gogh. Other names it goes by are café terrace on the place du forum café at night or simply night café.

Café terrace at night by vincent van gogh depicts the terrace of the café on the place du forum in arles france in the night. It depicts a different cafe a larger establishment on the place du forum. Van gogh wrote many letters to his brother theo van gogh and often included details of his latest work. The cafe is illuminated with sulfur pale yellow and citron green.

Vincent van gogh s terrace of a cafe at night 1888 is among the most recognizable paintings in history. In 1888 vincent van gogh painted café terrace at night during his stay in arles. Its atmospheric palette and the contrast between the quiet nighttime cobbles and the. Van gogh painted café terrace at night in arles france in mid september 1888.

A famed 1888 painting by vincent van gogh called café terrace at night and a reinterpretation of the french post impressionist s. Van gogh s iconic post impressionistic star filled sky appears for the first time in his café terrace at night 5. The café terrace at night still exists and can be found at the kröller müller museum in otterlo netherlands home to the second largest collection of van gogh paintings. It is also known as the cafe terrace on the place du forum and when first exhibited in 1891 was entitled coffeehouse in the evening café le soir.

Starry night over the rhone and starry night complete the trilogy. The original café terrace which inspired this painting also still exists at place du forum arles at the very same place where van gogh painted this masterpiece. Café terrace at night is one of three arles paintings that feature van gogh s distinctive star filled sky.