The Cafe Terrace On The Place Du Forum Arles at Night by Vincent Van Gogh Laptop Shoulder Bag

[Music] there's a cliche that says the candle burns brightest just before goes out that could apply to Vincent van Gogh and his time spent in Arles it is during this chaotic period at the end of his life that he painted the most iconic works that we associate with the artist and that includes this work cafe terrace on the plasti forum also known as cafe terrace at night painted in September 1888 it's a fix a popular coffee shop along the route of Palais it is a painting of stark contrasts there's the bright light of the cafe versus the darkness of the street the warm artificial light versus the cool light of the night sky the crowd seated at the tables versus the relative emptiness of the street the eye is drawn around the campus through the brilliant use of color the cafe is lit by a single globe of light but in comparison to the rest of the scene the light is absolutely blinding as vi