Did Scientists Discover the Real Sky Behind Van Gogh’s The Starry Night?
Could one of the world’s most famous paintings have captured a real night sky rather than pure imagination?
A team of South Korean researchers believes Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 masterpiece, The Starry Night, may have been inspired by the sky over Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, around July 22, 1889. Their study, published in Scientific Reports, compares the painting’s celestial features with historical astronomical calculations, focusing on the Moon, Venus and the Hyades star cluster.
However, the theory remains controversial. The Van Gogh Museum maintains that the painting dates to…
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