Trip: Europe May 2022
Even though we did not eat here, we spent quit a bit of time photographing this café made famous by Van Gogh's painting.
Van Gogh had just moved to Arles from Paris during February 1888, and lived there for about 18 months. He painted the café around September 1888 from his vantage point on the street. During this time, Van Gogh spent his time studying the night sky and his nightly surroundings of the café. He wrote in his letters how much he enjoyed painting at night, as "the night is even more richly coloured than the day, in the most intense violets, blues and greens."
We were lucky to have seen the original painting of Café Terrace at Night by Van Gogh in the Musée d'Orsay just a short week ago.
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