I was never a fan of Van Gogh until I saw Starry Night in person at MOMA in NYC.
The thing that jumps out at me is literally the paint on the painting. There is a lot of height to it. The paint is so thick in sections that it sticks out far above the canvas that it can cause a shadow next to it. We tend to think of paintings as 2 dimensional but Starry Night is 3D and seeing it online or in a book or poster is not the same experience.
Since then I've seen about 10 other Van Gogh paintings in museums and I noticed this similar style in his paintings.
The thing that jumps out at me is literally the paint on the painting. There is a lot of height to it. The paint is so thick in sections that it sticks out far above the canvas that it can cause a shadow next to it. We tend to think of paintings as 2 dimensional but Starry Night is 3D and seeing it online or in a book or poster is not the same experience.
Since then I've seen about 10 other Van Gogh paintings in museums and I noticed this similar style in his paintings.