The evening and the night were sources of constant inspiration to Vincent van Gogh, from his very first letter-sketch in 1878 until his last paintings in 1890. In many paintings, most of which are now considered to be key works in his oeuvre, he addressed the paradoxical task of representing night through color. <Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night> presentsnew insight on Van Gogh's depictions of the twilight and dark hours, and is the first volume to focus on this aspect of the artist's career. This book explores the different layers of content of these works: tradition and modernity, rest at the end of the day, the cycles of nature and rural labor, the poetry of the night, and artistic and literary influnces. It also discusses in depth the stylistic and techical methods Van Gogh used to realize his effects of dark and light.