Post-Impressionism · 1888
Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890
Musée d'Orsay · Paris
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Stand before van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône, painted in Arles in September 1888. The river opens like a dark mirror; above it, stars burn with fierce intensity. He painted not what the eye sees but what the soul feels at the water's edge after dark.
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