Interesting Art Stories: 7. The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, ACJ Art Academy

How are you? On every Thursday, I am introducing the stories about various artists and their paintings with the title “Interesting Art Stories”. The 7th story for this week is "The Starry Night" by a Dutch post-impressionist painter, Vincent van Gogh. “The Starry Night” is an oil painting on canvas by Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it describes the real view through the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an ideal village. It is now owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. After an incident that he mutilated his left ear on December 23, 1888, Van Gogh voluntarily admitted himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum on 8 May 1889. The asylum, a former monastery, was accommodating the wealthy, and when Van Gogh was hospitalized, it was less than half full, so he could use not only a second-floor bedroom but also a ground-floor room for use as his painting studio. During his stay at the asylum, Van Gogh painted some of his most famous works, including the “Irises” now in the J. Paul Getty Museum and the “self-portrait” in the Musée d'Orsay. The Starry Night was painted around June 18, the date he wrote to his brother Theo that he had a new painting of a starry sky. (more) Thank you. Lecture Program List https://blog.naver.com/csydr/22099560... English Blog https://artcollagejang.blogspot.com/2... Korean Blog https://blog.naver.com/csydr/22191169... Naver TV https://tv.naver.com/v/13393119 Naver Post https://m.post.naver.com/viewer/postV...