From the moment of his arrival in Arles, on 8 February 1888, Van Gogh was constantly preoccupied with the representation of night effects . In April 1888, he wrote to his brother Theo I need a starry night with cypresses or maybe above a field of ripe wheat. In June, he confided to the painter Emile Bernard But when shall I ever paint the Starry Sky, this painting that keeps haunting me and, in September, in a letter to his sister, he evoked the same subject Often it seems to me night is even more richly coloured than day . During the same month of September, he finally realised his obsessive project. Title Starry Night Creator Lifespan 1853 - 1890 Creator Nationality Dutch Creator Gender Male Date Created 1888 Provenance Donation by Mr and Mrs Robert Khan-Sriber in memory of Mr and Mrs Fernad Moch, 1975 Physical Dimensions w920 x h720 mm Painter Vincent van Gogh Original Title La Nuit ¨¦toil¨¦e Credit Line ? Mus¨¦e d'Orsay, dist. RMN Type Oil on canvas Rights #ERROR!
