Starry Night Over the Rhône

What you see

Under a starry night sky, a wide river runs across the canvas. On the far bank, a line of lights marks the town, and in the water those lights stretch into long vertical stripes. Two boats rest in the foreground, and at lower right a couple walks close together. The eye follows the lights, slides down their reflections and lands on the strollers.

Blues from navy to blue-green cover almost everything, and against them shine the yellows of stars and lamps. The strokes are short and thick, forming small slabs in the sky and following the ripples in the water. The stars have rays, like tiny flowers. Watch for the tower silhouetted at the left of the horizon.