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“This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big.”
— Vincent van Gogh, letter to Theo from the asylum at Saint-Rémy (no. 777), June 1889
“Just as we take the train to go to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to go to a star.”
— Vincent van Gogh, letter to Theo (no. 638), July 1888
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Marcus Bell · Jul 2026
Stood in front of this in New York years ago and the line was 45 minutes. Worth every second. What surprised me is how thick the paint is — the swirls are almost sculpted.
Priya Raghavan · Jul 2026
The impasto! Reproductions completely flatten it. You have to see it at an angle to understand what he was doing.
Brian Kelly · Jul 2026
Forty-five minutes is nothing, I waited longer for brunch last weekend. Adding this to the list.
Hannah Lindqvist · Jul 2026
He painted this from the asylum window at Saint-Rémy. Knowing that, the village feels imagined to me — like something remembered rather than seen.
Walter Greene · Jul 2026
The cypress in the foreground is doing so much work. Cover it with your thumb and the whole composition goes quiet.
