Twinkling painting
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The Starry Night | ||||||
Year | Unknown | |||||
Artist | Vincent van Gogh | |||||
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Name in other languages
またたくめいが
闪烁的名画 Toile scintillante Paisaje estrellado Quadro sfavillante Звездная картина
반짝이는 명화 閃爍的名畫 Toile scintillante Paisaje estrellado Funkelgemälde Nachtelijk schilderij |
The Twinkling Painting is a piece of artwork introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This piece is based on the The Starry Night by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, painted in 1889; it is one of two van Gogh pieces to be featured in the Animal Crossing series, alongside the Flowery Painting. Depicting a sky full of stars, just before the sunrise, the painting remains one of van Gogh's most iconic works—and one of the most iconic pieces of art in western culture as a whole—for its distinctive, heavily post-impressionist imagery, even compared to van Gogh's other works. The meaning of the painting was never explicitly stated by the artist and as such has become a breeding ground for interpretations, ranging from artistic abstraction to a reflection of van Gogh's deteriorating mental state (with him having been institutionalized the previous year following a mental breakdown, before suffering a second one the month after the painting's completion; the painting specifically depicts the view from the window of his asylum cell, and van Gogh would commit suicide shortly after in 1890).
Art details
In New Horizons
Museum description | Van Gogh's signature piece, painted while he was hospitalized at an asylum. This view from his room includes memories and imaginations. In letters to friends, the artist called it a failure. |
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Buy price | 4,980 Bells |
Sell price | 1,245 Bells |
Obtain from | Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler |
Authenticity | Unknown |
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Authenticity
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there are no forgeries of this painting.