16+ Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh Gif. Vincent van gogh painted starry night in 1889, one year before his death. Widely hailed as van gogh's magnum opus, this vincent van gogh night stars painting depicts the view outside his sanatorium room window at night, although it was painted from memory during the day.
It's no secret that vincent van gogh struggled with mental health issues throughout while starry night and van gogh's other paintings were obviously ahead of their time and paved the way for expressionism, one of the big artistic.
Van gogh had had the subject of a blue night sky dotted with yellow stars in mind for many months before he painted the starry night in late june or early july of 1889. Van gogh had had the subject of a blue night sky dotted with yellow stars in mind for many months before he painted the starry night in late june or early july of 1889. Vincent van gogh, starry night over the rhone, 1888, oil on canvas, 72 x 92 cm (musée d'orsay). One of his masterpieces which brought him to the portals of fame and honor was the widely known and esteemed, the starry night.