The Starry Night
painting by Vincent van Gogh
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Summary
The Starry Night is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 0.067% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61,910 views/month, #4 of 5,957).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Vincent van Gogh[3]
- Owned by: Museum of Modern Art[4]
- Movement: Post-impressionism[5]
- Genre: landscape painting[6]
- Depicts: night[7], sky[8], Cupressus[9], Saint-Rémy-de-Provence[10], Moon[11], star[12], Alpilles[13], cloud[14]
- Made from material: oil paint[15], canvas[16]
- Collection: Museum of Modern Art[17]
- Inventory number: 472.1941[18]
- Location: Museum of Modern Art[19]
- Commons category: The Starry Night by van Gogh[20]
- Country of origin: France[21]
- Catalog code: F612[22], JH1731[23]
- Inception: January 1, 1889[24]
- Significant event: purchasing[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:The Starry Night by van Gogh[26]
- Commons gallery: De sterrennacht[27]
- Described at URL: http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0612.htm[28]
- Location of creation: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence[29]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 24F2[30]
- Title: The Starry Night[31], Sterrennacht[32]
- Height: 73.7 cm[33]
- Width: 92.1 cm[34], 36.25 inches[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
- Copyright status: public domain[37]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for The Starry Night include Sterrennacht[38], a star[39].
Why It Matters
The Starry Night has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]