created this piece in the asylum where he was staying in 1889 a year before his tragic death. The oil painting on canvas shows expressive swirling to a night sky above a sleeping village. With rich blues and the lightest yellows and white he created a masterpiece that anyone can point out because of its unique style… it is now housed at the museum of modern art in new york city.
Out of the 903 letters Van Gogh wrote to his brother there is only two in which speaks of the starry night. “This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big.” Van gogh wrote. “Looking at the stars always makes me dream, Why, I ask myself, shouldn’t the shining dots of the sky be
