We have many other Van Gogh paintings available to buy as reproductions, you can see a full list of famous Van Gogh paintings below:

• The Night Café
• The Yellow House
• Falling Autumn Leaves
• L’allée des Alyscamps
• Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
• Starry Night Over the Rhone
• The Starry Night
• Irises
• Self-portrait
• The Church at Auvers
• Portrait of Dr. Gachet
• Thatched Cottages by a Hill
• Wheat Field with Crows
• Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat
• Potato Eaters
• A Wheatfield with Cypresses

Cafe Terrace	A Wheatfield with Cypresses	Vincent’s Bedroom in Arles	Joseph Roulin
Sunflowers	Starry Night	Irises	Dr Gachet
Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette	The Red Vineyard	Still Life with Absinthe	Bridge at Arles
View of Arles with Irises	The Rhônebarken	Entrance of the Hospital	L’Arlesienne: (Madame Ginoux)
The Night Café	The Potato Eaters	Crab on Its Back	Night Cafe Terrace
Almond Blossom	Auvers Town Hall	Agostina Segatori in Cafe	Eugene Boch
Starry Night over the Rhone	Self Portrait	Skull with Burning Cigarette	Church at Auvers
Montmartre	Wheatfield with Crows	Langlois Bridge	Olive Trees

The Old Mill	Sower with Setting Sun	Mulberry Tree	Vincents Chair with Pipe
Moulin de la Galetter	Open Bible	Postman Joseph Roulin	Adeline Ravoux
Still Life with Roses and Anemones	The Caravans Gipsy Camp near Arles	Portrait of a Man	Milliet Second Lieutenant
Paul Gauguin Armchair	Gordina de Groot	Four Cut Sunflowers	Apricot Trees in Blossom
Mother Roulin with Her Baby	Old Woman of Arles	Oise Riverside	Houses at Auvers
Cypresses

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About Starry Night

The Starry Night is a painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting depicts the view outside his sanitarium room window at night, although it was painted from memory during the day. Since 1941 it has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Widely hailed as his magnum opus, the painting has been reproduced many times and is one of his most renowned paintings.

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A Brief Understanding of the Starry Night Paintings – an excerpt from the vangoghgallery.com.

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh has risen to the peak of artistic achievements. Although Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life, the aftermath of his work is enormous. Starry Night is one of the most well known images in modern culture as well as being one of the most replicated and sought after prints. From Don McLean’s song ‘Starry, Starry Night’ (Based on the Painting), to the endless number of merchandise products sporting this image, it is nearly impossible to shy away from this amazing painting.

One may begin to ask what features within the painting are responsible for its ever
growing popularity. There are actually several main aspects that intrigue those who view this image, and each factor affects each individual differently. The aspects will be described below:

* 1. There is the night sky filled with swirling clouds, stars ablaze with their own luminescence, and a bright crescent moon. Although the features are exaggerated, this is a scene we can all relate to, and also one that most individuals feel comfortable and at ease with. This sky keeps the viewer’s eyes moving about the painting, following the curves and creating a visual dot to dot with the stars. This movement keeps the onlooker involved in the painting while the other factors take hold.
* 2. Below the rolling hills of the horizon lies a small town. There is a peaceful essence flowing from the structures. Perhaps the cool dark colors and the fiery windows spark memories of our own warm childhood years filled with imagination of what exists in the night and dark starry skies. The center point of the town is the tall steeple of the church, reigning largely over the smaller buildings. This steeple casts down a sense of stability onto the town, and also creates a sense of size and seclusion.
* 3. To the left of the painting there is a massive dark structure that develops an even greater sense of size and isolation. This structure is magnificent when compared to the scale of other objects in the painting. The curving lines mirror that of the sky and create the sensation of depth in the painting. This structure also allows the viewer to interpret what it is. From a mountain to a leafy bush, the analysis of this formation is wide and full of variety.

Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889.

During Van Gogh’s younger years (1876-1880) he wanted to dedicate his life to evangelization of those in poverty. Many believe that this religious endeavor may be reflected in the eleven stars of the painting. In Genesis 37:9 the following statement is made:

“And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.”