This piece was painted by Vincent van Gogh just months before his tragic suicide, The Starry Night is perhaps his greatest masterpiece. In the work, Van Gogh shows a nameless European village in the dark wilderness, complete with dampened lights and a tree to the side. Some buildings manage to emit just enough light to be noticed, but others are dark.However, the real action is what is going on above the town, where the moon and stars are lighting up the sky. Light moves across the sky in great sweeps and strokes of light, defeating the dark sky wherever it is shown.
Starry Night By: Vincent Van Gogh
Newton, Kevin. "Van Gogh's Starry Night."
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