Starry night Over the Rhône - wikipedia Starry night Over the Rhône Starry Night over the Rhône Artist Vincent van Gogh Year 1888 Catalogue F474 ; JH1592 Medium Oil on canvas 72.5 cm × 92 cm ( 28.5 in × 36.2 in ) Location Musée d'Orsay, Paris Starry Night Over the Rhône ( September 1888 ) is one of Vincent van Gogh 's paintings of Arles at nighttime. It was painted at a spot on the bank of the Rhône that was only a one or two - minute walk from the Yellow House on the Place Lamartine which Van Gogh was renting at the time. The night sky and the effects of light at night provided the subject for some of his more famous paintings, including Cafe Terrace at Night ( painted earlier the same month ) and the later canvas from Saint - Rémy, The Starry Night. A sketch of the painting is included in a letter van Gogh sent to his friend Eugène Boch on October 2, 1888. Starry Night Over the Rhône, which is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, was first exhibited in 1889 at Paris ' annual exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants. It was shown together with van Gogh 's Irises, which was added by Vincent 's brother, Theo, although Vincent had proposed including one of his paintings from the public gardens in Arles. Contents 1 Subject matter 2 Genesis 3 Colors of the night 4 In popular culture 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Subject matter A similar view of the site, 2008 The view is from the quay ( a waterside street ) on the east side of the Rhône, into the knee of the river towards the western shore : coming down from the north, the Rhône turns to the right at this point to surround the rocks on which Arles is built. From the towers of Saint - Julien and Saint - Trophime at the left, the spectator follows the east bank up to the iron bridge connecting Arles to the suburb of Trinquetaille on the right, western bank. This implies a view from Place Lamartine towards the southwest. 43 ° 40 ′ 57 '' N 4 ° 37 ′ 49 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 43.682367 ° N 4.630287 ° E ﻿ / 43.682367 ; 4.630287 Genesis Van Gogh announced and described this composition in a letter to his brother Theo : Included a small sketch of a 30 square canvas - in short the starry sky painted by night, actually under a gas jet. The sky is aquamarine, the water is royal blue, the ground is mauve. The town is blue and purple. The gas is yellow and the reflections are russet gold descending down to green - bronze. On the aquamarine field of the sky the Great Bear is a sparkling green and pink, whose discreet paleness contrasts with the brutal gold of the gas. Two colorful figurines of lovers in the foreground. In reality, the view depicted in the painting faces away from Ursa Major, which is to the north. The foreground indicates heavy rework, wet - in - wet, as soon as the first state was finished. The letter sketches executed at this time probably are based on the original composition. Colors of the night The challenge of painting at night intrigued van Gogh. The vantage point he chose for Starry Night Over the Rhône allowed him to capture the reflections of the gas lighting in Arles across the glimmering blue water of the Rhône. In the foreground, two lovers stroll by the banks of the river. Depicting color was of great importance to Vincent ; in letters to his brother, Theo, he often described objects in his paintings in terms of color. His night paintings, including Starry Night Over the Rhône, emphasize the importance he placed on capturing the sparkling colors of the night sky and of the artificial lighting that was new to the era. In popular culture The painting is referenced in Brian Eno and John Cale 's song `` Spinning Away '' from the 1990 album Wrong Way Up. In the second verse, the singer 's view is described as `` like the night sky at Arles ''. A fictionalised version of the painting appears in the Hearts of Stone expansion pack of the 2015 video game The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt. Notes Jump up ^ Letter to Eugène Boch including a sketch of the Starry Night over the Rhone painting Archived 2012 - 07 - 29 at Archive.is Jump up ^ Letter 543 Jump up ^ For a tracing of the original composition see Roland Dorn 1990, ill. p. 388 References Boime, Albert : Vincent van Gogh : Starry Night. A history of matter, a matter of history ( also available on CD - ROM : ISBN 3 - 634 - 23015 - 0 ( German version ) ) Dorn, Roland : Décoration : Vincent van Gogh 's Werkreihe für das Gelbe Haus in Arles, Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, Zürich & New York 1990 ISBN 3 - 487 - 09098 - 8 / ISSN 0175 - 9558 External links Media related to Starry Night Over the Rhone at Wikimedia Commons Vincent van Gogh General Biography Chronology Health Death Posthumous fame Cultural depictions List of works Post-Impressionism Auberge Ravoux Café du Tambourin The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Family Theo van Gogh Wil van Gogh Johanna van Gogh - Bonger Andries Bonger Theo van Gogh ( film director ) Anton Mauve Johannes Stricker Friends Émile Bernard Eugène Boch Anna Boch Fernand Cormon Paul Gachet Paul Gauguin John Peter Russell Agostina Segatori Anthon van Rappard Groups of works Self portraits Portraits Early works Lost early works Sien Peasant Character Studies Cottages Van Gogh 's family in his art Montmartre Outskirts of Paris Still life paintings, Paris Le Moulin de la Galette Asnières Seine Wheat Fields Flowering Orchards Almond Blossoms Langlois Bridge at Arles Saintes - Maries Paintings of Children Décoration for the Yellow House The Roulin Family Hospital in Arles Butterflies Saint - Paul Asylum, Saint - Rémy The Enclosed Wheat Field at Saint - Rémy Trees and Undergrowth Copies by Vincent van Gogh Olive Trees Display at Les XX, 1890 Auvers size 30 canvases Auvers Double - squares and Squares Japonaiserie Sunflowers Still life paintings, Netherlands Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg Houses at Auvers Paintings Boy Cutting Grass with a Sickle Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather The ' Laakmolen ' near The Hague Girl in White in the Woods Lying Cow A Girl in the Street, Two Coaches in the Background Cows in the Meadow Farmhouses Among Trees Bulb Fields Drawbridge in Nieuw - Amsterdam Old Church Tower at Nuenen Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen Cart with Black Ox Cart with Red and White Ox Avenue of Poplars in Autumn Still Life with Straw Hat The Potato Eaters Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Vase with Red Poppies Poppy Flowers Wheat Field with a Lark View of Paris from Vincent 's Room in the Rue Lepic Portrait of Père Tanguy A Woman Walking in a Garden Imperial Fritillaries in a Copper Vase Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin Landscape with Snow La Mousmé The Zouave The Night Café The Yellow House Van Gogh 's Chair Café Terrace at Night Starry Night Over the Rhône Portrait of the Artist 's Mother Bedroom in Arles Falling Autumn Leaves L'Arlésienne The Red Vineyard Memory of the Garden at Etten ( Ladies of Arles ) Les Arènes Interior of a Restaurant in Arles A Lane near Arles View of Arles, Flowering Orchards Arles : View from the Wheat Fields Sunset at Montmajour Crab on its Back Two Crabs La Berceuse Irises The Starry Night Self - portrait ( 1889 ) Self - portrait without beard Self - Portrait with Bandaged Ear A Meadow in the Mountains : Le Mas de Saint - Paul Enclosed Field with Peasant Green Wheat Field with Cypress Ivy Farmhouse in Provence Road with Cypress and Star At Eternity 's Gate Thatched Cottages and Houses Portrait of Dr. Gachet Doctor Gachet 's Garden in Auvers Houses at Auvers White House at Night Girl in White The Church at Auvers Daubigny 's Garden Farms near Auvers The Town Hall at Auvers Blossoming Chestnut Branches Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat View of the Asylum and Chapel of Saint - Rémy Still Life : Vase with Pink Roses Wheatfield with Crows Tree Roots Other works Drawings, water - colours and prints 87 Hackford Road Church Pew with Worshippers Portrait of a Man in a Top Hat Sorrow Marsh with Water Lilies Torso of Venus and a Landscape Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman Public collections Van Gogh Museum Kröller - Müller Museum Musée d'Orsay National Gallery ( London ) Portrayals Lust for Life ( 1934 novel 1956 film ) Van Gogh ( 1948 film ) Van Gogh ( 1956 opera ) `` Vincent '' ( 1971 song ) Vincent ( 1987 film ) Vincent & Theo ( 1990 film ) Vincent ( 1990 opera ) Van Gogh ( 1991 film ) Vincent in Brixton ( 2003 play ) `` Vincent and the Doctor '' ( 2010 TV episode ) Loving Vincent ( 2017 film ) Cataloguers Jacob Baart de la Faille ( 1928 and 1970 ; `` F '' ) Jan Hulsker ( 1978, revised 1989 ; `` JH '' ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhône&oldid = 813358221 '' Categories : Paintings by Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh paintings of Arles 1888 paintings Collections of the Musée d'Orsay Hidden categories : Webarchive template archiveis links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Euskara فارسی Français Հայերեն Italiano עברית ქართული Lietuvių Nederlands Norsk Polski Português Русский ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 3 December 2017, at 07 : 18. 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Question: where was starry night over the rhone painted
Answer: at a spot on the bank of the Rhône