"The Night Café in the Place Lamartine in Arles" by Vincent van Gogh - by Van Gogh
Image ID: 29320
Stepping into "The Night Café," the viewer is enveloped by an almost oppressive sense of vitality and despair, cast under a pall of lurid green and red hues. Created by Vincent van Gogh in September 1888, this masterpiece invites you deep into the night-time world of an Arles café. Each brushstroke and color choice is deliberate, enriching the scene with a thick atmosphere of smoke and melancholy. The contrasting colors of vibrant orange and deep green enhance the psychological intensity, giving the café an aura of turbulence and restlessness. Van Gogh’s expressive lines and chaotic perspectives heighten the emotional disarray, capturing a place where one can "ruin oneself, go mad or commit a crime," as he wrote in a letter to his brother, Theo. This painting is not merely a visual exploration but an emotional rendering of the human condition in a public space. *** About the "The Night Café":
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Artists: Bierstadt, Bouguereau, Caillebotte, Cassatt, Cezanne, Corot, Degas, Gauguin, Gerstl, Gris, Klimt, Macke, Manet, Marc, Modersohn-Becker, Modigliani, Monet, Morisot, Pissaro, Poussin, Renoir, Schiele, Seurat, Sisley, Tissot, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, |
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