How does Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy (Van Gogh series) elucidate its The Starry Night?
The Starry Night depicts the view outside his sanitarium room window at night, although it was painted from memory during the day. Since 1941 it has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Reproduced often, the painting is widely hailed as his magnum opus.
Museum of Modern Art The Starry Night magnum opus