The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh – Art Print

Van Gogh’s The Starry Night: a sky in motion above the village

This reproduction of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh shows a blue sky crossed by luminous curves, a dark cypress in the foreground and a village beneath the hills. Halos surround the stars and moon, while the houses occupy a calmer strip along the bottom of the composition. The difference between these two rhythms gives the image its visual strength.

Painted in Saint-Rémy in June 1889

The Museum of Modern Art in New York dates this oil on canvas to June 1889. It explains that the composition combines the view from Van Gogh’s window with elements drawn from memory and imagination. The village was not visible from that window, so the picture does not simply reproduce an observed panorama.

This construction allows us to look at the painting as a series of pictorial choices. Discover other landscapes and scenes by the artist in our Vincent van Gogh art print collection.

Following the sky’s curves and the village’s lines

The cypress visually connects the foreground to the sky. Its upright silhouette echoes the much smaller church steeple in the centre of the village. Around it, the roofs form angles and short lines that contrast with the broad curves of clouds and light.

Light brushstrokes follow these movements without obscuring the deeper blues. From a distance, the masses of the cypress, village and sky remain distinct. Up close, you can follow the small lines of colour that build each area. Our article on the composition and meaning of The Starry Night takes this observation further.

Displaying this reproduction in your interior

A simple wall gives the yellows and blues room to stand out. The horizontal composition can accompany a sofa, a low cabinet or a reading space. Allow enough viewing distance to appreciate the whole picture, as well as room to approach and examine its details.

To compare two ways of depicting the night, discover our Café Terrace at Night reproduction. You can also explore Van Gogh’s life through fifteen paintings to place these works within his career. Your reproduction’s material and dimensions correspond to the options chosen on the product page. To expand your grouping of landscapes, discover our Wheatfield art print by Van Gogh, also part of this collection.