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Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

24th Oct. '08 • Color in Art • Tags: vincent van gogh

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Van Gogh certainly has an emotional impact to his color choices. Who else could evoke night time using a yellow sky?

Through January 5th, you can view many of Van Gogh’s beautifully evocative paintings. ‘Colors of the Night’ is showing at the Museum of Modern Art on West 54th Street in Manhattan.

‘Starry Night over the Rhone’ is included as Van Gogh gives romance to the night through his use of color and the complexity of his brush strokes. He uses color to convey the story within each painting. The darkness of a tree against a heavy yellow sky elicits night, just as well as blue and black do. The use of color combinations once again is proven to be very important.

I won’t be visiting the museum to see this show until November 13th but will be sure to share more once I’ve seen it.