25th Anniversary Project Additional Exhibition of Van Gogh's "Café Terrace at Night"
Released on March 14, 2023 (Tuesday)
Van Gogh "Café Terrace at Night"
1888 oil on canvas 81×65.5cm
Kroller-Muller Museum (Otterlo, Netherlands)
The 1st floor modern exhibition room 60 under the ground
The stage of "Café Terrace at Night" is a cafe terrace built on Forum Square in the center of Arles, Southern France.This café actually exists and was the place Van Gogh visited with his fellow painters at the time.
Under the “blue” night sky with twinkling stars, the cafe terrace illuminated by gas lamps shines “yellow”.This is Van Gogh's specialty of color contrast, and it is considered a masterpiece representing the Arles era, which depicts a night view without using black.
He dreamed of "decorating his studio in Arles with the sunflowers he painted and welcoming his friend Gauguin," and completed four "Sunflowers" in less than a week. He then produced this work in September, the month before Gauguin arrived. It is thought that the approaching carriage in the center of the painting is a sign of anticipation for Gauguin's arrival.
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Born in 1853 in the southern Dutch village of Float Zundert as the son of a minister. He aspires to be a priest but is frustrated, and at the age of 27 he goes on to become a painter.He relied on the painter's younger brother Theo to move to Paris and eventually to Arles, southern France. He started living together with his best friend Gauguin, but went bankrupt in 2 months. Later, he suffered from mental illness and died himself at Auvers-sur-Oise, at the age of 37. Although he had a short life as a painter for 10 years, his work is loved by many.
▲Van Gogh "7 Sunflowers" Modern Exhibition Room 60
In March 2018, as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, the museum will exhibit a collection of Van Gogh's paintings scattered around the world.7 "Sunflower" paintings of flower vases, reproduced in full size, and displayed together.
▲Van Gogh's work modern exhibition room 73
List of Van Gogh's works (17 pieces) that can be viewed at the Otsuka Museum of Art
| Name of Piece | Name of Owner | Work No | |
| 1 | Self-portrait of the straw hat | Detroit art research institute, the United States | 704 |
| 2 | Self-portrait | Musée d'Orsay, France | 705 |
| 3 | Artist's Bedroom at Arles | Musée d'Orsay, France | 707 |
| 4 | Bright starry night of the Rhone | Musée d'Orsay (deposited), France | 708 |
| 5 | Sowers | Kroller-Muller Museum, Netherlands | 709 |
| 6 | Portrait of Dr. Gachet | Musée d'Orsay, France | 710 |
| 7 | Church of Auber | Musée d'Orsay, France | 711 |
| 8 | Potato Eaters | Van Gogh Museum, the Netherlands | 1022 |
| 9 | Sunflower | Personal storehouse | 1076 |
| 10 | Sunflower | Destroyed by fire in Ashiya-shi, Hyogo in 1945 | 1075 |
| 11 | Sunflower | New Pinakothek, Germany | 1077 |
| 12 | Sunflower | The National Gallery, the U.K. | 1078 |
| 13 | Sunflower | Sompo Museum of Art, Japan | 1079 |
| 14 | Sunflower | Philadelphia Museum of Art, the United States | 1080 |
| 15 | Sunflower | Van Gogh Museum, the Netherlands | 706 |
| 16 | "The artist on the road to Tarascon" | 1945 disappearance, Germany | 1082 |
| 17 | cafe terrace at night | Kroller-Muller Museum, Netherlands | 1088 |
(As of March 2023)