Not sure who helped make painting on canvas a common practice but around the end of the 15th century, canvas<span> became more popular as it was cheaper, easier to transport, allowed larger works, and did not require complicated preliminary layers of </span>gesso.
<span>Vincent van Gogh was the artist who communicated his vision of the night sky by painting the masterpiece Starry Night. Van Gogh was a 19th century Post-Impressionist artist from the Netherlands. Starry Night was one of over 2000 artworks he created.</span>
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