Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night over the Rhône’ Returns to City of Origin
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Van Gogh’s famous painting, “Starry Night over the Rhone,” is set to be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles. The painting depicts the view from Place Lamartine in Arles, where Van Gogh was living at the time. The exhibition, titled “Van Gogh and the Stars,” will showcase the painting alongside works by other artists who have depicted the heavens.
Van Gogh painted “Starry Night over the Rhone” under a gaslamp at night, capturing the green-blue sky, royal blue water, and mauve ground. He exaggerated the reflections of the gaslights in the river, creating a striking effect. Legend has it that Van Gogh may have used candles on his hat to paint at night, although this practice is more likely apocryphal.
Other artists, such as Joseph Pennell and Léo Lellée, also captured the Rhône scene around the same time as Van Gogh. Pennell’s drawing from September 1888 and Van Gogh’s painting from around the same time show similar views of the river. It is speculated that the two artists may have crossed paths during their time in Arles.
“Starry Night over the Rhone” was one of Van Gogh’s first publicly exhibited works, and it received positive attention from critics. The painting was later followed by the more famous “Starry Night,” painted during Van Gogh’s time at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. This later work, now housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, features dramatic stars and a crescent moon illuminating Provençal cypresses.
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