Van Gogh, The Starry Night Painting

How Van Gogh Painted The Starry Night Painting

Van Gogh Used Indian Yellow Pigment Made from Cow Urine in Bihar

Regia Marinho
3 min readMar 21, 2022

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“I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream. ”- Van Gogh.

The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.

It is the world’s most recognized piece of art that was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889.

It’s an imaginary view from a lonely window of his asylum in Southern France.

Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ Used Indian Yellow Pigment Made from Cow Urine in Bihar

The Indian yellow is a strong luminescent pigment used by many European artists for its tinting properties, but as the name suggests, it was an exotic import from India. It was also used by British artists heavily to color native subjects.

The origins and components of this yellow are surrounded by mystery.

For years, soft yellow lumps arrived in sealed packages at the London docks from Calcutta in India and…

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Regia Marinho
Regia Marinho

Written by Regia Marinho

I publish tech, art, food, AI, AR, architecture, interior design, fashion, and photography articles. Ideas to inspire the world through art. @regiaart

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