Arles · 1888–1889

The Night Café

Le Café de nuit · 夜间咖啡馆

Painted in a café Vincent knew too well, using clashing green and red to say something about the place rather than describe it.

Year

1888

Medium

Oil on canvas

Period

Arles (1888–1889)

Collection

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

Palette

green, red, yellow

Reference articles · 10

Ten angles on one painting: what it shows, how it was painted, what Vincent wrote, where it hangs, how it survives printing, and what to hang it next to.

• About the work The Night Café — About the work 2 min
• The story behind it The Night Café — The story behind it 2 min
• Brushwork and colour The Night Café — Brushwork and colour 2 min
• What Vincent wrote The Night Café — What Vincent wrote 2 min
• Where to see it The Night Café — Where to see it 2 min
• How it survives reproduction The Night Café — How it survives reproduction 2 min
• Which products suit it The Night Café — Which products suit it 2 min
• Hanging and styling The Night Café — Hanging and styling 2 min
• How to read it The Night Café — How to read it 2 min
• Compared with his other work The Night Café — Compared with his other work 2 min