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Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night

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Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night”1889 Van Gogh worked on this painting in June 1889 while he was in Saint Rémy receiving treatment for his mental illness in asylum. This piece was from his memory and it was supposed to have been based on an earlier painting he had seen “night sky of Provence” (Simone 50). Starry Night is one of his most famous paintings by Vincent Van Gogh.
The first thing I saw when looking at the painting was the night sky, which occupies most of the background. Its swirling lines appear to be in a spiral like formation across the background. There are eleven yellow stars that look like big fireballs that blend with the blue sky. The night sky appears in different shades of blue and grey. Then the moon at the top right shows

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