Café Terrace at Night

E20888

oil painting painting

Café Terrace at Night is a famous 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a brightly lit outdoor café scene under a starry night sky in Arles, France.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Café Terrace at Night	1
café terrace at night	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
art historical period	19th-century art ⓘ
color characteristic	bright yellows ⓘ contrasting complementary colors ⓘ deep blues ⓘ
country of creation	France ⓘ
country of location depicted	France ⓘ
creator	Vincent van Gogh ⓘ surface form: Vincent Willem van Gogh Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
creator's nationality	Dutch ⓘ
depicts	buildings ⓘ cobbled street ⓘ figures sitting at tables ⓘ gas-lit terrace ⓘ night sky ⓘ outdoor café ⓘ starry sky ⓘ waiter ⓘ
depicts season	late summer 1888 (approximate) ⓘ
depicts time of day	night ⓘ
follows	Van Gogh’s earlier Paris café scenes ⓘ
genre	Post-Impressionism ⓘ
has influence on	popular culture depictions of starry night cafés ⓘ
has medium	canvas ⓘ oil paint ⓘ
has style	expressive brushwork ⓘ vivid color palette ⓘ
has theme	light and darkness ⓘ modern city life ⓘ nightlife ⓘ urban street scene ⓘ
inception	1888 ⓘ
is related work	Starry Night Over the Rhône ⓘ The Starry Night ⓘ
is subject of	art historical analyses of Van Gogh’s use of color and light ⓘ
language of title	English ⓘ
location depicted	Arles ⓘ
main subject	Café Terrace at Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: café terrace at night
movement	Modern art ⓘ Post-Impressionism ⓘ
notable feature	first painting where Van Gogh used a starry sky background in Arles ⓘ strong contrast between artificial light and night sky ⓘ
original title	Terrasse du café le soir ⓘ
original title language	French ⓘ
part of	Arles period of Vincent van Gogh ⓘ surface form: Vincent van Gogh’s Arles period
place of creation	Arles ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yellow House, Arles → inspiredWork → Café Terrace at Night ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Café Terrace at Night

Café Terrace at Night → main subject → Café Terrace at Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: café terrace at night

Vincent van Gogh → notableWork → Café Terrace at Night ⓘ

Arles period of Vincent van Gogh → notableWorkCreated → Café Terrace at Night ⓘ

Arles → vanGoghPaintedHere → Café Terrace at Night ⓘ