Le café de nuit (The Night Café)

Artist: Vincent van Gogh

1888

Oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery

A dimly lit cafe interior features a pool table, several patrons seated at tables, and a bar area. Lamps cast a warm glow on the red walls and wooden floor. A dimly lit cafe interior features a pool table, several patrons seated at tables, and a bar area. Lamps cast a warm glow on the red walls and wooden floor. During his nearly fifteen-month stay in Arles, Vincent van Gogh created this depiction of the Café de la Gare, an all-night establishment on the city’s Place Lamartine. With varying reds and gre... Bequest of Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903