Artist field note

Vincent Van Gogh

Colour becomes emotion.

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
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The Starry Night

1889

The village sleeps. The sky doesn't. Exaggerated colour and swirling brushwork paint not simply what night looked like, but what it felt like.

The five in one idea

Van Gogh made the outside world behave like an inside feeling.