Vincent Van Gogh lived a very tormented yet interesting life and I feel that he projected this in all of his works. Although his life ended tragically, I feel that his work is almost an autobiography of his life. If you were to go through all of his works from beginning to end you will see the happiness and heartache. As quoted by Don Mclean from his song “Vincent”, “But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

The lines in the painting are not as distinct as if it were to be drawn from real life. As you will see the theme for the painting seems to be swirls and waves but if you look down onto the town in the lower right hand corner you will see that the lines are very direct and strait. I think that Van Gogh was trying to give a sense of “dream land” to the sky and a sense of “reality” to the town. I think that another proof of this theory is the fact that the town seems to be offset from where Van Gogh wanted us to be standing. Almost as if the night sky is a way to get away from the troubles of world.

ntioned before, to darker blues, blacks, and grays, which was in part due to the mental anguish that he received while in the asylum. From this came one of his m

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