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packman

(16,296 posts) Mon Oct 24, 2016, 11:27 AM Oct 2016

What Vincent may have seen on that Starry, starry night

More of the artist and his technique:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/starry-night-alex-ruiz.html

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What Vincent may have seen on that Starry, starry night (Original Post) packman Oct 2016 OP

"If you hear a voice that says you cannot paint, then paint and the voice AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #1

I am not worthy of a reply. RoverSuswade Oct 2016 #2

Breathtaking... Aristus Oct 2016 #3

AmericanActivist

(1,019 posts)

1. "If you hear a voice that says you cannot paint, then paint and the voice

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2016, 11:32 AM

Oct 2016

will be silenced." Vincent Van Gogh

https://www.google.com/search?q=if+you+hear+a+voice+that+says+you+can%27t+paint&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS627US627&oq=if+you+hear+a+voice+that&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.10770j0j8&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=mL0J3hz0gfkNbM%3A

Vincent was an artist with extraordinary talent!

RoverSuswade

(641 posts)

2. I am not worthy of a reply.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2016, 11:32 AM

Oct 2016

Aristus

(66,356 posts)

3. Breathtaking...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2016, 11:34 AM

Oct 2016

However, I seem to remember reading that he was not outdoors at the time of painting, but instead the landscape was the view from the window of a house where he was staying at the time.

Still, gorgeous...

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