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Vincent van Gogh and Starry Skies Over France

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Vincent van Gogh, in the last 2 years of his life, created some of the most spectacular and well-known paintings of twilights and night skies.

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Olson, D.W. (2014). Vincent van Gogh and Starry Skies Over France. In: Celestial Sleuth. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8403-5_2

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