The Quiz: Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” was painted from a window in what place?
A lighthouse
A castle
An asylum
A church
In 1889, Vincent van Gogh entered the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in southern France to seek help for mental illness. During his stay, he painted his most recognizable work, “The Starry Night.” The landscape in the painting depicts the view from van Gogh’s asylum window, though it’s partially fictionalized. In reality, the village of Saint-Rémy couldn’t be seen from his window.
The correct answer to this quiz is An asylum.