The Night Café, F463Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
Under four gas lamps, the green billiards table splits an almost empty red room: Van Gogh transforms the Café de la Gare into an experience of color and worry.
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The Night Café, F463Vincent van Gogh · September 1888 · Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
September 1888Dating
72.4 × 92.1 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
Yale University Art Gallery, New HavenConservation
A real paintingThe canvas is hand painted, never printed.
Made to orderEach copy is created individually.
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Possible alterationsAdjustments may precede shipping.
Look at the work
A café open all night, painted like a furnace
Van Gogh represents the room of the Café de la Gare, Place Lamartine in Arles, where he was then staying. Owner Joseph-Michel Ginoux stands in white near the billiards table; five dozing customers occupy the tables along the walls and a couple appears in the embrasure at the back.
The perspective of the floor rushes towards the door with willful brutality. The billiards table, placed at an angle in the center, seems to slide towards the viewer. The blood red of the walls confronts the greens of the furniture, ceiling and counter, while the yellow halos of the lamps give the air an almost physical vibration.
Van Gogh does not seek the picturesque atmosphere of an Arlesian establishment: he uses color and perspective to express a place where one can, in his words, "break the bank, go crazy or commit a crime".
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
In letter 676 to Theo, Van Gogh explains that he worked three nights and wanted to express "the terrible human passions" through red and green.
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An unstable diagonal
The floorboards and the edges of the billiards table converge towards the back, but their exaggerated angles make the room slippery and difficult to live in.
02
Red versus green
The complements do not balance peacefully: they collide in the walls, the billiards table, the counter and the shadows of the characters.
03
Four artificial suns
Each lamp is surrounded by yellow and orange rings. These halos punctuate the ceiling and accentuate the oppressive heat of the room.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
Number 1961.18.34 and references F463/JH1575 identify Yale's large canvas, distinct from the watercolor drawing F1463 made immediately afterwards.
Location
The Station Café
The establishment of Joseph and Marie Ginoux was located at 30, place Lamartine, not far from the Maison jaune.
Letter 676
Three nights of work
Van Gogh claims to have painted at night and then slept during the day in order to directly observe the lighting and late visitors.
Provenance
From Morozov to Yale
The painting belonged to collector Ivan Morozov before being acquired by Stephen Carlton Clark, who bequeathed it to Yale in 1961.
Reproduction must maintain the tension between the large areas, the plunging perspective and the nervous halos without neutralizing the reds or excessively lightening the room.
The green billiards table tilted in the center
The four lamps and their concentric halos
The contrast of the red walls and the green ceiling
Small isolated figures around the edge
The signature "Vincent" and the inscription at the bottom of the canvas
Work sheet
Title
The Night Café, F463
Artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890)
Date
September 1888
Place of creation
Arles
Original technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.4 × 92.1 cm
Inventory
Yale University Art Gallery 1961.18.34 · F463 · JH1575
Conservation
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
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In your interior
A radical composition for a wall of character
The large horizontal format gives depth to a living room, dining room or reception area. Reds, greens and yellows interact with walnut, cognac leather, matte black and cream walls.
Frequently asked questions
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Is this a canvas print?
No. Each reproduction is manually painted in oil on canvas. Brushstrokes and material variations belong to the final result.
How is the visual reference chosen?
The official Yale image was reduced to 3,000 × 2,368 px and then converted to a real WebP, without artificial enlargement.
Can I check the result before shipping?
Yes. Photographs of the finished painting are sent to you; you can request alterations before validating the shipment.
Are custom formats possible?
Yes. The format can be adapted to your wall while maintaining the proportions and balance of the original composition.
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