I feel highly gratified to have seen this famous painting in person at Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Today this work of Van Gogh is receiving the great attention the artist never enjoyed in his short life. The Starry Night at a cost of $100 million is worth a fortune. He would probably not have known what to do with all the attention. Unfortunately, recognition and attention came way too late for him. This genius …show more content…
While drawing this masterpiece, Van Gogh reached unprecedented heights in the depiction of a night sky. Carefully observing the painting, we can most certainly say that reproducing reality was not what he set out to do. We can admire the use of two dominant colors: blue and yellow. The night is predominantly depicted in blue, a color that can be used both light dark shades without loosing its intensity. Rather than choose a larger number of dark shades, he elected to paint primarily in blue in a range of harmonizing tones. This meant that a complicated composition in dark colors was not