The Night Café

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The Night Café is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a harshly lit, emotionally charged interior of a late-night café in Arles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance important example of expressive color use
major work of Vincent van Gogh
cataloguedIn F 463
JH 1580
collection Yale University Art Gallery
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfCreation France
createdInArtisticPeriod Arles period of Vincent van Gogh
creator Vincent van Gogh
depicts interior of a café
late‑night café in Arles
depictsLighting gas‑lit interior
depictsTime night
describedAs emotionally charged scene
harshly lit interior
genre post‑Impressionism
hasInfluenceOn expressionist painting
hasPerspective slanted floor and tilted room
hasSubject billiard table
café owner
café patrons
gas lamps
inception 1888
languageOfTitle French
locatedIn New Haven, Connecticut
United States of America
surface form: United States
location Yale University Art Gallery
locationOfCreation Arles
mainColor green
red
yellow
medium oil paint
movement Post-Impressionism
surface form: Post‑Impressionism
originalTitle Le Café de nuit
owner Yale University
support canvas
theme alienation
nightlife
psychological tension
title The Night Café self-link

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

this entity surface form: Nuit Café (The Night Café interior)
Place Lamartine hasNotableWorkDepiction The Night Café
this entity surface form: The Night Café (surrounding area)
Yellow House, Arles inspiredWork The Night Café
The Yellow House related work The Night Café
The Night Café title The Night Café self-link