Against the backdrop of this poignant biography, the new exhibition of van Gogh's night pictures at MoMA takes on added significance. For it was to the night sky, and to the stars, that van Gogh ...

Scientists recently analyzed Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night to see how well its famous swirls matched up with known ...

The Dutch master Vincent van Gogh may ... as "Starry Night") in June 1889, and its depiction of a pre-sunrise sky and village was inspired in part by the view from van Gogh's asylum room in ...

Its position low on the hills and bright, white color make Barnard astronomer Janna Levin think van Gogh saw the planet in the night sky. "There's no star, besides our sun, close enough to look ...

The famous painting from Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh has sparked controversy ... Researchers replaced the night sky in the painting with simulated supersonic turbulence, processed ...

“It’s low in the sky and it’s big and ... picture of a black hole. Van Gogh creates his own highly personal image of space in the form of Starry Night. Both are constructions, both are ...

Olive Trees With Yellow Sky and Sun, oil on canvas, 1889. Van Gogh painted several of his most famous works while at the asylum, including his Iris series and The Starry Night. In May of 1889 ...