What art movement is 'The Starry Night' associated with?

The Starry Night is associated with Post-Impressionism. Vincent van Gogh painted the work in June 1889 while staying at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France.

Post-Impressionism was not a single uniform style but a broad late-19th-century movement that developed beyond Impressionism. Its artists often used vivid color, personal symbolism, visible brushwork, and deliberately altered forms. Van Gogh’s swirling sky, intense color contrasts, and expressive brushstrokes make the classification appropriate.

The painting is sometimes loosely connected with Expressionism because of its emotional intensity, but it predates the formal Expressionist movements of the early 20th century. Impressionism is also a common mix-up: van Gogh was influenced by Impressionist color and light, yet his dramatic, highly personal style moved beyond that movement.

The Starry Night became part of the Museum of Modern Art’s collection in New York in 1941 and is now one of the best-known paintings in Western art.