Night café, Arles 1888

"Night Café, Arles" is an oil painting by the French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, created in 1888. The painting depicts a dimly lit café in Arles, France, with a pool table, patrons, and a prominent figure of a woman sitting in the foreground, possibly a prostitute. Gauguin's use of bold colors and distorted forms, particularly evident in the figures and the swirling smoke, contribute to the painting's dreamlike, and somewhat melancholic, atmosphere. The painting is considered to be a significant example of Gauguin's exploration of color and form, characteristic of his mature style, and is now housed in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia.