challenge by: @combyne The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of my favorite art pieces. Vincent Van Gogh struggled with mental illness for most of his life and even lost his battle with his own mind in the end. He checked himself into an asylum, after cutting off his own ear, from which he painted a series of views (by memory) from his bedroom window, including this piece. In a letter he wrote to his brother, he stated, βI can see an enclosed square of wheatβ¦ above which, in the morning, I watch the sun rise in all its glory.β He watched as days turned into nights and as the sun-filled sky turned into rainy bleakness. The Starry Night is the only painting included in the series of nig...
challenge by: @combyne
The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of my favorite art pieces.
Vincent Van Gogh struggled with mental illness for most of his life and even lost his battle with his own mind in the end. He checked himself into an asylum, after cutting off his own ear, from which he painted a series of views (by memory) from his bedroom window, including this piece. In a letter he wrote to his brother, he stated, βI can see an enclosed square of wheatβ¦ above which, in the morning, I watch the sun rise in all its glory.β He watched as days turned into nights and as the sun-filled sky turned into rainy bleakness. The Starry Night is the only painting included in the series of nig...