Vincent van Gogh - The Night Cafe

In a letter written 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 . . .”

And yet, in spite of these words from the artist himself; I can’t help thinking that the above quote doesn’t quite tell us the true story o…