Great Wave Off Kanagawa – Katsushika Hokusai
One of the most iconic pieces of Japanese art, the Great Wave Off Kanagawa is focused on Japan’s majestic Mt. Fuji. An inspiration for Claude Debussy’s beautiful La Mer.
De Sterrennacht (The Starry Night) – Vincent Van Gogh
Cafe Terrace At Night & The 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. The Symphony No. 6, the 1st movement is titled Starry Night.
Illustrations – Viktor Hartmann
Inspired Mussorgsky’s perfect Pictures At An Exhibition. Later, it was wonderfully orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.