Vincent van Gogh - The Night Cafe

In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh wrote: "In my picture of the Night Café I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad or commit a crime . . .”

But, in spite of these words from the artist himself, I don’t think the above quote tells us the true story of this picture.

After all, Vincent may …