The Night Cafe
... as that the artist was suspended high the room to achieve this vantage point. The gas lightings had been introduced at that time, and it allowed the café to stay opened late, as it indicated on the clock. Because of the latest of time, the night café often attracted homeless and drifters. The lighting in the café was very dim, and it seemed like the purpose of it was for the viewer to feel the darkness of the painting. Van Gogh tried to convey the idea of how places like the night café were places people could commit crimes and ruin their own life. Using colors like green, red, yellow, orange, and violet, The Night Café had fully portrayed the feeling of coldness and homeless. As a viewer, I can see from the painting, the whole atmosphere in The Night Café is not so inviting and warm. The space itself seemed isolated. Although he used red, which usually is a vibrant color, the combination of it with dark green and dark orange just created an atmosphere that is not welcoming. In addition, the use of Van Gogh’s brushstroke has also added another dark feeling to the painting, the harshly exaggerated brush strokes around the gaslights and use of vivid shades of red and green were deliberately contrived to portray his view of the night café. Van Gogh had clearly made the viewer felt the gloomy atmosphere of the painting. The figure in the center of the painting, who is wearing an off-white suit, standin...