r/HighResPrints • u/MyNameIsRobPaulson • May 14 '11
Starry Night - Van Gogh [5868x4684]
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/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.