15. He Completed His Most Famous Painting In A Mental Institution
Vincent van Gogh became a patient at Saint-Paul Asylum in St. Remy-de-Provence in May of 1889. While he could not paint in his bedroom, they gave him another recreational room where he could be left alone to paint in. It was here that Van Gogh painted The Starry Night while looking at the night sky. He then finished the painting the following day. Today, many people imagine how Van Gogh came to create this painting. Some people feel it was through his hallucinations while others think he saw it was what he saw as he looked out the window.
