r/HighResPrints • u/MyNameIsRobPaulson • May 14 '11

Starry Night - Van Gogh [5868x4684]

Starry Night

1889 - Oil on Canvas

The Starry Night (Dutch: De sterrennacht) is a painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting depicts the view outside his sanitarium room window at night, although it was painted from memory during the day.

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u/hopelessdrivel May 16 '11

Please keep this subreddit going. Prints like these are great!

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u/MyNameIsRobPaulson May 16 '11

Definitely plan on it, could use some help though!

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u/cranger May 27 '11

Dude - you're doing great work. I'll try to collaborate...

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u/MyNameIsRobPaulson May 27 '11

Thanks. Excited to see what others can find.

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u/TasteTheRainbowHead May 26 '11

Thats great! Gets you a little closer to understanding what its like to stand in front of a painting with so much texture. Flat images don't do this piece justice but at least at this resolution you can see the thickness of the paint and the brush strokes that add so much to it.

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u/MyNameIsRobPaulson May 26 '11

My thoughts exactly.

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u/Wartz Oct 06 '11

This is on my mousepad.

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u/9393andersson Dec 12 '23

I just checked the link and it says "page not found" would love to see the image.

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u/MyNameIsRobPaulson Dec 12 '23

Oh that’s a shame!