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In September 1888, Vincent Van Gogh spent three nights painting the interior of the Café de la Gare, 30 Place Lamartine, in Arles, France. The result is this famous painting now in the collection of Yale University illustrating the types of people who gather in a cafe during the middle of the night. They are rendered in an expressive style with thick brush strokes, indeterminate faces, and strong red, green, and yellow tones.

Already in August, Van Gogh was planning to paint the cafe as he told his brother Theo in a letter: "Today I am probably going to begin on the interior of the cafe where I have a room, by gas light, in the evening. It is what they call here a 'cafe de nuit' (they are fairly frequent here), staying open all night. 'Night prowlers' can take refuge there when they have no money to pay for a lodging, or are too drunk to be taken in."

After he completed his painting, he further described to Theo his intent: "I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green. The room is blood red and dark yellow with a green billiard table in the middle; there are four lemon-yellow lamps with a glow of orange and green."

OUR REPRODUCTION:
This is 100% hand-painted recreation of Van Gogh's original Night Cafe oil painting. No printing or digital imaging techniques are used. Our highly skilled artists paint each painting the old fashioned way -- one at a time. Even the highest quality art prints simply cannot compare to the rich colors, texture and character of an actual oil painting.

The Night Cafe canvas is stretched and gallery wrapped over a 1.5" deep solid wood frame. No additional framing is necessary. Ready to hang. Measures 16"H x 20"W.

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Related Categories: Oil Painting , Post - Impressionism , Vincent Van Gogh