Starry Night Over the Rhone - Magnetic Bookmark

1.25" x 2"
3.5 cm x 5.5 cm

Starry Night Over the Rhône is one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of Arles at night.

Enthralled with the rich colors of the night and the effect of both natural and artificial light on the nocturnal landscape, Van Gogh realised Starry Night over the Rhône in 1888, just steps away from the Yellow House on the Place Lamartine.

This serene view from the banks of the Rhône River features a rich palette of blue: Prussian blue, ultramarine and cobalt. The city gas lights glimmer an intense orange and are reflected in the water while luminous stars twinkle against a velvety night sky.  Two lovers blithely stroll along the river in the foreground.

Painted before his stay at the asylum, Starry Night Over the Rhône illustrates his distinctive approach to painting nocturnal scenes and captures a rare moment of calm in the chaotic final years of his life.

Vincent van Gogh (born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands—died July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterized by bold colors and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. He was not commercially successful, and his death at 37 came after years of mental illness, depression and poverty.