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⭒Famous Paintings⭒

Here's some of the most famed paintings of the globe and some info about them. If you're an artist you would surely like to know about these.

• The Starry Night

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1889
Where to see it: Museum of Modern Art (NY)

The comparatively abstract painting is the signature example of van Gogh's innovative and bold use of thick brushstrokes. The painting's striking blues and yellows and the dreamy, swirling atmosphere have intrigued art lovers for decades.

Van Gogh’s Starry Night aptly enlightens the scientific mystery of movement and light. Its lights seem to flicker because of the way the human brain perceives it. This is so for most Impressionists’ works due to the brains perceptions of light and motion.

He is quoted as saying “Looking at the stars always makes me dream. Why I ask myself, shouldn’t the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star.”

Did you know?

Van Gogh was living in an asylum in Saint-Rémy, France, being treated for mental illness, when he painted "The Starry Night." He was inspired by the view from the window of his room.

Van Gogh first painted The Starry night in 1888.  When he got to France in 1888 he loved capturing the lights at night. He painted this scene in The Starry Night draft with a backdrop of the Rhone River.  This painting is sometimes referred to as Starry Night Over The Rhone.

• Monalisa