Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night
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| Artist |
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) |
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| Alternative names |
Vincent Willem van Gogh |
| Description |
Dutch painter, draftsperson and printmaker |
| Date of birth/death |
30 March 1853  |
29 July 1890  |
| Location of birth/death |
Zundert  |
Auvers-sur-Oise |
| Work period |
between circa 1880 and circa July 1890 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902 |
| Work location |
Netherlands ( Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886 date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Paris (1886–1887), Arles (1888–1889), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889–1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890) |
| Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5582 |
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| Title |
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| Object type |
painting  |
| Genre |
landscape painting  |
| Date |
1889 date QS:P571,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
| Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
| Dimensions |
height: 73 cm (28.7 in); width: 92 cm (36.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,73U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,92U174728 |
| Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q188740 |
| Accession number |
472.1941 |
| Place of creation |
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence  |
| Object history |
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| Notes |
- Catalogues raisonnés:
- F612: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 612 .
- JH1731 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no. 1731.
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- See also F1540 The Starry Night (drawing, same composition) and the preliminary studies F1541v Bird's-Eye View of the Village and F1730 Landscape with Cypresses (Hulsker p. 396).
- Letters
- Letter 782: to Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 18 June 1889.. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "At last I have a landscape with olive trees [probably F712], and also a new study of a starry sky."
- Letter 805: to Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 20 September 1889.. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "The olive trees with white cloud and background of mountains [F712], as well as the Moonrise and the Night effect – – These are exaggerations from the point of view of the arrangement, their lines are contorted like those of the ancient woodcuts."
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| References |
Online database:
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| Authority file |
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| Source/Photographer |
Google Arts & Culture Category:Files from Google Arts & Culture — bgEuwDxel93-Pg |
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