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The Moon In Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ Has An Indian Link. Here’s How

 

Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpiece ‘The Starry Night’ is arguably one of the world’s most recognized pieces of art. But did you know that this historic piece of art has an Indian connection? Painted in 1889, the painting is an imaginary view from a lonely window of Saint-Paul Asylum in Southern France, where Van Gogh was lodged when he painted it.