Vincent Van Gogh

One of the most iconic images of modern culture, Van Gogh's The Starry Night draws thousands of visitors every day to The Museum of Modern Art. Yet few viewers are familiar with the story behind this unlikely masterpiece, one of the many nighttime paintings Van Gogh produced during his stay at a mental hospital in Saint-Rémy in the south of France. The Starry Night is no ordinary landscape painting, with its surging forces, resonant chromatics and mysterious shapes.

ISBN 9780870707483 | E | PB