The Starry Night
1889 · Oil on canvas · The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
- Year
- 1889
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 73.7 × 92.1 cm
- Collection
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
A night sky churns with spirals of blue and white above a sleeping village, a crescent moon and stars ringed with haloes, and a dark cypress rising like a flame on the left. Van Gogh painted it in June 1889 from memory and imagination in his room at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy, where he had admitted himself a month earlier. The view from his window gave him the hills; the village and church steeple are partly invented. The paint is thick and the strokes are long and rhythmic, so the sky reads as movement rather than depth. He thought little of the picture himself. It went to the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1941 and became the best-known image of his career.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Swirling blues want a wall that lets them move: over a bed or sofa at 24×36 in black or natural wood. It suits a bedroom or den with low evening light; pair with Café Terrace at Night for two night scenes.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1889)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
