April 17 2020 (DAY 24)
The Starry Night is a oil on canvas painting done by Vincent van Gogh. It was painted in June 1889 it describes a view from the east-facing window of his asylum room.Vincent admitted himself to Saint-Paul-de-mausole lunatic asylum on the 23 of December 1888 after self mutilation of his left ear.
Vincent brother theo received letters from his brother telling him he thought that The Starry Night was a failure, but if her were here today he would see how wrong his is now people gather from every where to see this wonderful painting. Fun fact the brightest star in the painting is not a star at all it is Venus, astronomers look at the time it was painted and Venus was in that spot whilst he painted it.
van Gogh had mental issues he suffered from Depression and epilepsy, due to his epilepsy van Gogh saw colours differently hence why the painting has such a unique palet, and thats why the stars and the moon have such a bright yellow as he would of seen it as a suttle yellow. 
Kia ora Hayley,
ReplyDeleteI love your blog post about Vincent Van Gogh and his art. The Starry Night is such a beautiful piece. I love how you went into detail about who Vincent was and his thinking behind his art.
I wonder how long this took him to create..
Have you ever made an oil canvas?
Did you know he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings! Could you imagine making that many art pieces...
Keep up the great work Hayley!
I have added an AWHI to your blog, this truly is a wonderful blog post. Ka pai!