The Night Café

The Night Café is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. It was the beginning of September 1888 produced and represents the interior of the Café de la Gare on the Place Lamartine in Arles dar., making it one of Arles period of van Gogh. The reception of this work describes it as one of the masterpieces of Van Gogh and one of his most famous works at all. The title of the picture is among van Gogh's signature, captured in the lower right corner, in French: le café de nuit.

Vincent van Gogh writes referring to this painting in a letter dated September 8, 1888 to his brother Theo:

Overall, had colors for van Gogh therefore a symbolic function and should also express moods.

Also in September 1888 van Gogh painted in Arles the painting Cafe Terrace at Night (French Terrasse du café le soir ).