Hand Painted Café Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh Reproduction On Canvas - ARTLAND

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Café Terrace at Night is an 1888 oil painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh.  It is also known as The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, and, when first exhibited in 1891, was entitled Coffeehouse, in the evening (Café, le soir).

 Van Gogh painted Café Terrace at Night in Arles, France, in mid-September 1888.  The painting is not signed, but described and mentioned by the artist in three letters.

 Café Terrace at Night was painted overlooking the popular Café Terrace at The Place du Forum, in Arles, a quaint village in the South of France. This was one of the first scenes Van Gogh painted during his stay in Arles and the first painting where he used a nocturnal background.  Using contrasting colours and tones, Van Gogh achieved a luminous surface that pulses with an interior light, almost in defiance of the darkening sky.  The lines of composition all point to the centre of the work drawing the eye along the pavement as if the viewer is strolling the cobblestone streets.  The café still exists today and is a mecca for Van Gogh fans visiting the south of France.

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