This piece is called The Night Café by Vincent van Gogh. Is it beautiful? I wouldn’t say so. Charming? probably not. Striking? I think you could say that. Nevertheless, it’s now considered one of Vincent van Gogh’s greatest masterpieces. Van Gogh on the other hand, hated this painting and called it “one of the ugliest pictures I have done”. But why would Van Gogh talk about his own painting in such a negative way?

It’s no secret that van Gogh lived a troubled life. He also hated the nightlife scene, which is one of the reasons he left Paris. Maybe in creating this painting, he was warning others just as much as he was reminding himself.

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