The Night Café
1888 Yale University Art Gallery
About this artwork
This oil on canvas depicts the interior of the Café de la Gare in Arles, France, where Van Gogh also lodged. He aimed to express the "terrible passions of humanity" through the clashing colors and distorted perspective.
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Van Gogh famously worked on "The Night Café" for three nights straight, sleeping during the day. He described the café as a place "where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime," conveying a sense of despair and isolation through his vibrant, clashing colors and dramatically tilted perspective, designed to make the viewer feel uneasy.
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The Night Café
Vincent van Gogh, 1888
