Great Wave Off Kanagawa – Katsushika Hokusai
One of the most iconic pieces of Japanese art, Great Wave Off Kanagawa is part of a series of paintings focused on Japan’s Mt. Fuji. Inspiration for Claude Debussy’s iconic La Mer.
De sterrennacht (The Starry Night) – Vincent Van Gogh
Cafe Terrace At Night & Starry Night Over The Rhone are the most famous Van Gogh paintings. Henri Dutilleux’s orchestral work Timbres, Espace, Movement is subtitled La Nuit Etoile (The Starry Night). Einojuhani Rautavaara wrote an opera on Van Gogh’s life – Vincent. Symphony No. 6, the 1st movement is titled Starry Night.
Illustrations – Viktor Hartmann
Inspired Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition. Later, it was orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.