Vincent Van Gogh Cafe Terrace At Night

Café terrace at night is an 1888 oil painting by the dutch artist vincent van gogh.

Vincent van gogh cafe terrace at night.

Van gogh s cafe terrace at night showing outdoor tables a street scene and the night sky was painted in arles at about the same time. In 1942 hopper created the piece nighthawks and van gogh created café terrace at night also known as the cafe terrace on the place du forum which was created in mid september of 1888. In 1888 vincent van gogh painted café terrace at night during his stay in arles. It depicts a different cafe a larger establishment on the place du forum.

The place still exists nowadays but we be it looks like this during quarantine days and nights. It s oil on canvas about 32 x 25 in 81 x 65 cm. Terrace of a cafe at night during quarantine visited by giant cats everybody remember how lively looked the terrace of a cafe on the place du forum in arles france when van gogh painted it in 1888. Van gogh wrote many letters to his brother theo van gogh and often included details of his latest work.

The cafe terrace on the place du forum arles at night was created in 1888 by vincent van gogh in post impressionism style. Van gogh completed the painting in september 1888 while in arles but before entering the mental asylum at saint remy where he would paint starry night. Other names it goes by are café terrace on the place du forum café at night or simply night café. According to baxter around the time that van gogh crafted café terrace at night he wrote to his brother theo referencing the painting and claiming that he had a tremendous need for shall i say the word for religion.

Unlike starry night and café terrace at night starry night over the rhone was inaccurate in its placement of the big bear constellation in the heavens. The poetic idea of the work the double illumination and contrast of the cafe and the night sky is developed through this jagged form. Van gogh painted café terrace at night in arles france in mid september 1888. It is part of the kröller müller museum collection.

Century artist vincent willem van gogh both painted vibrant and expressive paintings during their time. Café terrace at night is a part of a series of masterful paintings crafted by the famous dutch artist vincent van gogh.