The Starry Night by Van Gogh
Posted: Tuesday 12 February 2013 by Joseph Vancell in
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"This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before
sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big," Van
Gogh wrote to his brother Theo, from France. Rooted in imagination and
memory, The Starry Night embodies an inner, subjective expression
of Van Gogh's response to nature. In thick, sweeping brushstrokes, a
flamelike cypress unites the churning sky and the quiet village below.
The village was partly invented, and the church spire evokes van Gogh's
native land, the Netherlands.