Cafe Terrace at Night is a painting executed by the artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting is not signed, but described and mentioned by the artist in his letters on various occasions, and as well, there is a large pen drawing of the composition which originates from the artist's estate. Towards the right, Van Gogh indicated a shop lighted as well, and some branches of the trees surrounding the place, but he omitted the remainders of the roman monuments just aside this little shop. On the terrace there are small figures of people drinking. An immense yellow lantern illuminates the terrace, the facade, the side walk and even casts light on the paving stones of the road which take a pinkish violet tone. The gables of the houses, like a fading road below a blue sky studded with stars, are dark blue or violet with a green tree. Here you have a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this surrounding the illuminated area colors itself sulfur pale yellow and citron green. It amuses me enormously to paint the night right on the spot.
This cafe is presented on a single large canvas that suits the scene very well. The series of lines laid out in careful designs across the canvas toward the edges in such a manner as to keep the eye moving and exploring the many nuances of the painting. As the eyes follows the lines and eventually begins to wrap around the arcing lines of the scene at hand, the viewer is able to explore and take note of the subtleties of light and shadow that the artist has skillfully represented in the painting. The masterfully rendered lights playing on the sky, the buildings and the atmosphere create an emotion, perhaps a nostalgia, that is rarely exemplified so well on canvas. This evocative piece is reminiscent, although very distinct from many of the original artworks available for purchase in CanvasPainting.com's
Landscape Gallery where many artists have studied light and shadow in their artful pieces. A piece that is especially similar to Quiet Terrace is
Glowing Street, that also explores the details and joys of urban life through it's beautiful portrayal of a classic subject in a new and original way.
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