Van Gogh painted this artwork when he was in the room of the asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. It was just before dawn when he stood in front of a window outside his room when he decided to depict her in a painting. Theo received letters from Van Gogh describing starry nights and how he spent his nights waiting for the dawn. The Starry Night was the only painting he created that was a night painting depicting yellow stars, swirls of blue clouds, and a yellow half moon with a view of several darker shades of brown and blue with a view of a city below. This is by far my favorite work of art by Van Gogh. I like this piece so much that when I was nine I remember writing a short book with drawings highlighting important facts from his life. In which I drew The Starry Night and described it as the most beautiful painting in this world. The Starry Night is now described as one of Van Gogh's most famous paintings. It has since resided at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City