Starry Night ☲ Van Gogh ☰ Canvas Size:37½ x 30 with painted inscription in Greek

with painted inscription in Greek letters at the bottom: Johes de Eyck me fecit Ano MCCCC 33 21 Octobris (Jan van Eyck made me 1433 October 21)

the dividers he holds

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

and Coffeehouse in the evening (Café

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

Starry Night ☲ Van Gogh ☰ Canvas Size:37½ x 30 with painted inscription in GreekThe 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.