Starry Night ☲ Van Gogh ☰ Canvas Size:37½ x 30 1 to emphasize his "art

1 to emphasize his "art for art's sake" philosophy

and Coffeehouse in the evening (Café

It depicts two women seated at a table inside a second floor Chinese restaurant

the dividers he holds

Starry Night ☲ Van Gogh ☰ Canvas Size:37½ x 30 1 to emphasize his "artThe Starry Night (1889) by Vincent van Gogh is one of the most recognizable paintings in Western art. It depicts the view from his asylum room at Saint Rmy de Provence. Van Gogh voluntarily admitted himself to the asylum after the breakdown that resulted in mutilating his left ear. The painting depicts the sky just before sunrise over an imaginary village, with a large cypress on the left, hills in the background, and waning moon in the upper right.