ID: 700002162 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002162	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Starry Night (painting (visual work); Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863 - 1944) (Norwegian Artist); 1893; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.PA.681)

Note: This night landscape represents the coastline at Åsgårdstrand, a small beach resort south of Oslo, Norway.

Titles:

Starry Night (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1893

Creator Display:

Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863 - 1944) (Norwegian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Munch, Edvard (Norwegian painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1863-1944) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500032949]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.PA.681

Other: Former: Norge [1000088] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 135.6 x 140 cm (53 3/8 x 55 1/8 in.); Framed: 148.3 x 153 x 3.2 cm (58 3/8 x 60 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

Norwegian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Symbolist [300021514] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

	Post-Impressionist [300021508] (style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

seascapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Åsgårdstrand [1048452]
	.....() (TGN)

	night [300133095]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, times of day) (AAT)

	stars (motifs) [300009811]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, natural element motifs) (AAT)

	melancholy [300055166]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, emotion, negative emotions) (AAT)

	oceans (marine bodies of water) [300008687]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), marine bodies of water, <marine bodies of water by biome>) (AAT)

	landscapes (visual works) [300015636]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Starry Night	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)