Close-up of a sunflower and Vincent van Gogh’s signature on the canvas
Sunflowers (detail), 1888, Vincent van Gogh. Courtesy of The National Gallery, London.
Vincent van Gogh’s swirling night sky with stars over a quiet village and cypress trees
The Starry Night, 1889, Vincent van Gogh. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art.
Vincent van Gogh’s painting of blooming purple irises with green leaves against a light background
Irises, 1890, Vincent van Gogh. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3D model showing close-up texture and brushstroke detail of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night The Starry Night (3D texture model detail), 1889, Vincent van Gogh. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art.
The Starry Night (3D texture model detail), 1889, Vincent van Gogh. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art.
Vincent van Gogh’s self-portrait wearing a straw hat, painted with expressive brushstrokes
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat, 1887, Vincent van Gogh. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Category First Name Basis
FocusVan Gogh: Between Starry Nights and Silence
Period/Movement Post-Impressionism
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Van Gogh: Between Starry Nights and Silence

He painted starry nights and sunflowers. But also despair, delusion, and longing. Van Gogh’s turbulent world, his bond with his brother Theo and the raw, aching letters that revealed the fracture lines of his soul are inseparable from the masterpieces he left behind.

Color was his language. Suffering, his muse.