At Arles in Provence, Vincent Van Gogh painted a delightful evening scene showing a cafe under the stars, lit by gas lamps. He did the painting for the cafe’s owner in order to pay for his meals as he was always broke. Today that painting is in the Netherlands. It is known as the Café Terrace at Night and is worth millions.
The cafe itself – as you can see – is still there on the Place du Forum in Arles, and these days it is known as “Le Café Nuit” – or The Night Cafe.
Sharon and I had a wonderful dinner there – very French – with a nice carafe of wine. It was a magic evening 🙂
Night Café, Arles [photo: Jerry Everard]
Cafe Terrace at Night [photo of display reproduction on the Place du Forum at the position from which he painted the painting – photo: Jerry Everard]
I am still jumping around the Everyday Matters drawing challenge list. Number 15 states simply to “Draw a tree or trees, leaves or branches”. We have grapes on our vines and they are gradually ripening. I decided to draw some of the grape leaves. Australia has had a heat wave. We have been living with temperatures over the old century for what feels like weeks on end. It’s not weeks just feels that way. So in an attempt to avoid the high temperatures I picked the leaves and took them inside. This was my drawing set up and below is the drawing itself.
