Which Happened First?

Creation of The Starry Night

Creation of The Starry Night
Image: Vincent van Gogh · Public domain · source

The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Creation of Café Terrace at NightSeptember 1888
  2. Creation of IrisesMay 1889
  3. Creation of Morning in a Pine Forest1889
  4. Creation of Self-portraitSeptember 1889
  5. Creation of The Starry Night (this page)1889
  6. Creation of The Yellow Christ1889

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