Starry Night Over the Rhône (French: Nuit étoilée), is one of the paintings executed by Vincent van Gogh in Arles, in southern France, at night. It was painted in 1888 by the Rhône River near the house van Gogh began renting early that year, and was first exhibited in 1889 at the annual exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants (Society of Independent Artists) in Paris. The eastward-looking view chosen by van Gogh enabled him to capture reflections of Arles' gas lighting across the shimmering water of the river. In Arles, to which van Gogh moved in February 1888 from Paris, he completed 200 paintings, many of which were to become famous after his death in 1890. (This darker-hued scan of the work, said to be more accurate, was approved ("promoted") at WP:FPC.)You are being watched...