The Night Café framed Van Gogh reproduction, hand-painted in oil on canvas
"In my picture of the Night Café I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad or commit a crime." - Vincent van Gogh
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- Are your paintings hand-painted or printed?
- All our Van Gogh reproductions are hand-painted in oil on canvas. You will not only see, but also feel and smell the brush strokes. Just like the original Van Gogh paintings.
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About this painting
Warmth in the Night
The lamps are blazing, yet there is little warmth in Van Gogh’s The Night Café. The people share the same room, but each seems caught in a world of their own. The intense reds, greens and yellows make the café feel restless, almost as if the room itself has absorbed the loneliness of the night.Van Gogh was all too fimaliar with that feeling of distance, but he also deeply longed for connection. In one of his letters he wrote:
“Like everyone else, I have need of relationships of friendship or affection or trusting companionship, and am not like a street pump or lamp-post, whether of stone or iron, so that I can’t do without them without perceiving an emptiness.”
That makes The Night Café more than a painting about loneliness. It can also be seen as a reminder of how much human warmth matters, and how important it is to keep looking for friendship, affection and genuine connection.
Antique Italian frame
We found this richly ornamented Italian frame at auction. Dating from circa 1850-1900, it is made of wood and gesso, with deep floral relief and a warm, aged gilded surface.The frame almost acts as a counterweight to the restless interior. Its warm gold surrounds the café with something the scene itself seems to lack: warmth, dignity and care.
The contrast is deliberate. A richly decorated 19th-century frame around a painting about emotional distance creates a new tension, but also a sense of hope. The darkness remains, yet it is held by something warm.
Painting size: 30,5 x 40,2 cm / 12 x 15.8 inch
Frame size: 44 x 53,5 cm / 17.3 x 21.1 inch
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Specifications
- Artwork reproduced
- The Night Café in the Place Lamartine
- Reproduction artist
- Van Gogh Studio
- Original artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Technique
- Painted entirely by hand
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Painting size: 30,5 x 40,2 cm / 12 x 15.8 inch Frame size: 44 x 53,5 cm / 17.3 x 21.1 inch
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Overall dimensions
- 44 x 53,5 cm / 17.3 x 21.1 inch
- Frame
- Antique Italian gilded wood and gesso frame, circa 1850–1900, with floral decoration.
- Style
- Post-Impressionism
- Subject
- Café de la Gare, 30 Place Lamartine
- Date of original artwork
- September 1888
- Condition reproduction
- New
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included