The Starry Night was twice owned by Theo’s widow. Following Van Gogh’s death in 1890, Theo inherited all of his brother’s works. ... In this Avi Ofer-animated TED-Ed video, ...

“The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, is remarkably congruent to the astronomic principles of our sky, atmospheric scientists recently discovered.

In “The Starry Night” and its dynamic sky, “the arrangement of the eddy-like formations crafted by van Gogh resembles the energy transfer mechanism in real turbulent flows,” the authors write.