Café Terrace At Night By Vincent Van Gogh

It can be found at the at the kroller muller museum in the netherlands.

Café terrace at night by vincent van gogh. It depicts the interior of the cafe with a half curtained doorway in the center background leading presumably to more private quarters. Le café de nuit in arles in september 1888 the painting was executed on industrial primed canvas of size 30 french standard. In 1888 vincent van gogh painted café terrace at night during his stay in arles. It is painted in the medium of oil on canvas.

In 1942 hopper created the piece nighthawks and van gogh created café terrace at night also known as the cafe terrace on the place du forum which was created in mid september of 1888. Vincent van gogh s famous painting the cafe terrace at night is also known as the the cafe terrace on the place du forum. It s oil on canvas about 32 x 25 in 81 x 65 cm. Van gogh s two ultra famous café scenes comprise a study in opposites.

Due to its unusual depiction of a starry sky the café terrace at night echoes other paintings by the artist executed during the same period. Van gogh suffered from a series of catastrophic love failures which played a key role in aggravating his lifelong mental illness. Café terrace at night is a part of a series of masterful paintings crafted by the famous dutch artist vincent van gogh. In a scholarly treatment of café terrace at night which jared baxter submitted to the 2013 european conference on arts humanities the writer suggests van gogh s painting contains allusions to the last supper by da vinci indeed a close study of the painting reveals that the main characters include one central figure with long hair surrounded by 12 individuals plus a cross shines in.

Century artist vincent willem van gogh both painted vibrant and expressive paintings during their time. Other names it goes by are café terrace on the place du forum café at night or simply night café. 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 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.

The café terrace on the place du forum arles at night is one of the most recognized and quoted works by vincent van gogh today it rivals only sunflowers and starry night in terms of popularity. Van gogh wrote about painting the café terrace at. Vincent van gogh painted the night café original french title. Van gogh painted café terrace at night in arles france in mid september 1888 the painting is not signed but described and mentioned by the artist in.