The Starry Night

E3274

Post-Impressionist painting painting work of art

The Starry Night is Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 post‑impressionist painting depicting a swirling night sky over a quiet village, widely regarded as one of the most famous artworks in Western art.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Post-Impressionist painting → painting → work of art →
accessionNumber	472.1941 →
artHistoricalPeriod	19th century →
artist	Vincent van Gogh →
artStyle	Post-Impressionism →
cataloguedIn	van Gogh oeuvre catalogues →
collection	Museum of Modern Art collection →
colorPalette	dominant blues and yellows →
completionDate	1889 →
country	United States →
createdIn	France → Saint-Rémy-de-Provence →
creationContext	Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum →
creator	Vincent van Gogh →
creatorBirthName	Vincent Willem van Gogh →
creatorNationality	Dutch →
depicts	crescent moon → cypress tree → night sky → rolling hills → swirling stars → village →
famousFor	expressive swirling sky → iconic status in Western art →
genre	landscape painting →
height	73.7 cm →
influencedBy	Japanese prints → impressionism →
languageOfTitle	English →
location	New York City →
material	oil on canvas →
medium	oil paint →
movement	Post-Impressionism →
museum	Museum of Modern Art →
notableWorkOf	Vincent van Gogh →
originalTitle	De sterrennacht →
originalTitleLanguage	Dutch →
owner	Museum of Modern Art →
partOf	Western canon of art →
rankedAmong	most famous paintings in the world →
subjectMatter	imagined village → night landscape →
support	canvas →
title	The Starry Night →
width	92.1 cm →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Post-Impressionism ("Starry Night") → Post-Impressionism ("The Night Café") →	hasKeyWork
Western canon of art →	includesWork
Café Terrace at Night →	is related work
Vincent van Gogh →	notableWork
Museum of Modern Art →	notableWorkInCollection
The Starry Night ("De sterrennacht") →	originalTitle
The Starry Night →	title
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum →	viewFeaturedInWork