<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 73.7 cm × 92.1 cm (29 in × 36 ⁄ in) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Museum of Modern Art, New York City </Td> </Tr> <P> The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh . Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east - facing window of his asylum room at Saint - Rémy - de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an idealized village . It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest . </P> <P> The Starry Night is regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture . </P>

Van gogh's the starry night is from the impressionist movement