Starry Night on the Rhône, F474Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
The Rhône becomes a vast blue expanse where the street lamps of Arles descend in long yellow columns, under a dotted sky and in front of a silent couple.
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Starry Night on the Rhône, F474Vincent van Gogh September 1888 · Musée d'Orsay, Paris
September 1888Dating
73 × 92 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
Musée d'Orsay, ParisConservation
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Look at the work
Night painted in color rather than black
Van Gogh sets up his easel on the Quai du Rhône, a few minutes from the Yellow House. Across the river, the city's gas lights form a low line; their yellow and orange reflections cross the blue water to the foreground.
The Big Dipper appears in the sky, moved in composition to reinforce the starry effect. Two boats occupy the lower edge, and a couple seen from behind walks on the bank. These calm figures give a human scale to the immense surface of water and night.
Unlike the Starry Night of MoMA painted in Saint-Rémy, this view of Arles starts from direct observation and maintains a serene atmosphere.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
The painting organizes all its light around the complements: Prussian blues, overseas and cobalt against yellow and orange stars and street lamps.
01
Vertical reflections
Each urban light descends into the water through a column of yellow, orange and green lines, broken by the small horizontal waves.
02
A sky built
The stars are surrounded by circular halos. They do not exactly describe the real position of the Big Dipper, but reinforce the rhythm of the canvas.
03
A couple at the water's edge
The two silhouettes stand slightly away from the boats. Their intimate presence contrasts with the scale of the river and the sky.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
The RF 1975 19 inventory and the references F474/JH1592 identify the view of the Rhône from September 1888, often confused with the Starry Night F612 of the MoMA.
Project
Painting at night on site
After the Café Terrace in the evening, Van Gogh continued his ambition to work at night while directly observing the colors.
Palette
Three families of blues
The Orsay notice cites Prussian blue, overseas and cobalt, as opposed to the intense orange of gas lighting.
Collection
RF 1975 19
The painting was donated to the French state in 1975 and then assigned to the Musée d'Orsay, where it is exhibited on the upper level.
The painter must differentiate the sky, the water and the shore despite their dominant blue, then reconstruct each reflection without reducing it to a uniform band.
The low line of lights of Arles
The long yellow reflections interrupted by the waves
Circular halos around the stars
The two boats moored in the foreground
The dark couple placed at the bottom right
Work sheet
Title
Starry Night on the Rhône, F474
Artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890)
Date
September 1888
Place of creation
Arles
Original technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
73 × 92 cm
Inventory
Musée d'Orsay RF 1975 19 · F474 · JH1592
Conservation
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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In your interior
A deep nocturnal crossing of gold
The horizontal format is suitable for a living room, bedroom or dining room. Intense blues visually enlarge the space while reflections bring warm light.
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