{"product_id":"hardcover-journal-starry-night-cafe-matte-hardcover-journal","title":"Van Gogh Journal — Café Terrace at Night 1888 Arles Post-Impressionism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn September 1888, Van Gogh sat outside a café on the Place du Forum in Arles and drew what he saw — reed pen in hand, gas lamps lit, cobblestones receding into the dark. The sketch came before the painting. This journal carries both: the original Post-Impressionist canvas on the front, and the ink drawing inverted into cyanotype blue on the back.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe front cover reproduces Van Gogh's Café Terrace at Night (1888), oil on canvas, painted on the spot at night in Arles — warm golden yellows of the gas-lit terrace contrasting with deep Prussian blue of the starlit sky, rendered in his characteristic bold Post-Impressionist brushstrokes, now held at the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo. The back cover presents Van Gogh's original reed pen ink sketch of the same scene, inverted into a cyanotype negative — white lines on deep blue — revealing the underlying compositional geometry: the diagonal street, the angular awning, the rhythmic tables and chairs that preceded the painted masterpiece.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: 5.75 × 8 in (14.6 × 20.3 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerforated pages — tear out cleanly without damaging the binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper weight: 100 gsm, suitable for fountain pens and pencils\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover with matte finish, casewrap sewn binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 400 g (14.1 oz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVan Gogh admirers and Post-Impressionism enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArt lovers drawn to the relationship between drawing and painting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrance travelers and Arles visitors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNight owls and café dreamers inspired by starlit skies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreative writers and artists working by lamplight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThoughtful gifts for art history lovers and journal keepers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead more: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/van-gogh-cafe-terrace-night-sketch-painting-arles-1888\"\u003eThe Sketch and the Painting: How Van Gogh Built Café Terrace at Night\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":63264383107441,"sku":"95267174818529126355","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/van-gogh-caf-terrace-journal-at-parisian-night-caf.png?v=1772831527","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/hardcover-journal-starry-night-cafe-matte-hardcover-journal","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}