Question

An intended painting of this visual subject was called “this painting that keeps haunting me” in a letter to a friend whom the artist met at Fernand Cormon’s atelier. This subject backgrounds the Belgian painter Eugene Boch, suggesting his lofty aspirations, (15[1])in a portrait titled The Poet. (-5[1])The presence of gas lamps led an artist to add a “discreet paleness” (-5[1])to this title (-5[1])subject of an 1888 river landscape, (-5[1])as described in a letter (15[1])to his (*) brother. This subject appears (-5[1])to the right of a yellow awning in a painting titled for a (10[1])“café terrace.” (10[2]-5[3])Vertical (-5[1])yellow streaks (10[2]-5[2])of reflected light (-5[1])feature (-5[1])in a painting of this subject “over (10[1])the Rhône.” (10[4])This subject (10[4])was most notably painted from (-5[1])the window of a Post-Impressionist (10[1]-5[3])artist’s Saint-Rémy (-5[1])asylum. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[3]-5[1])a lone cypress tree foregrounds (10[1])what subject (10[1])in the masterpiece (-5[1])of Vincent van Gogh? (10[2])■END■ (10[15]0[1])

ANSWER: the night sky [or starry sky; accept The Starry Night or Starry Night Over the Rhône; accept stars or constellations; prompt on sky] (The friend is Émile Bernard.)
<RK, Visual Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB4015
Omer KeskinOxfordCambridge A46-5
John MarvinChicago AIllinois A59-5
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A62-5
Michael KohnDurhamBirmingham68-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C7315
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D79-5
Ethan CohenGeorge Washington AGeorgetown9210
David GayowskyOttawa BOttawa C94-5
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AIndiana94-5
Sean FarrellFarrellmagnetismArizona State94-5
Anton AkroushMSU A and FriendBoston College9410
Ketan Pamurthytag magnet: taylor's versionTexas C9410
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeSIUE95-5
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia B9710
Max BrodskyIllinois AChicago A9710
Shourjo GanguliOhio State A Kenyon B 97-5
Owen ArnesonMissouri AMissouri B97-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsGeorge Washington A100-5
Andy DurhamStanford ABerkeley A101-5
Michael MaysImperial AWarwick10810
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford A11010
Sky LiTorontoMcDouble West-Carleton11010
Will AlstonSGV CapitalAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University11010
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge B11010
Shannon DinnimanJames Madison ANorth Carolina B11210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltPurdue A11210
Isaac MammelMaryland AMaryland B11210
Cade ReinbergerRITSyracuse+Rochester11210
Sam AlahiIllinois BNotre Dame B117-5
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AWaterloo122-5
Angier LeiGeorge Washington BGeorgetown12210
Matthew LamOhio State BMichigan B 122-5
Owen GilroyTexas BTexas A122-5
Pablo LloydHCCTAMU124-5
Jeffery AustinNorth Carolina AJames Madison B12510
Aidan LeahyGeorgia ATennesse A125-5
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C12810
AidanKenyon AMichigan A128-5
Roo MaherMissouri BMissouri A12810
Collin NadarajahWUSTL XYZWUSTL H2O12810
David NickelPurdue BChicago B13310
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B13510
Dominik MystkowskiNC StateSouth Carolina B138-5
Christopher JosephNotre Dame BIllinois B14210
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaNotre Dame A14210
Mattias EhatammWaterlooOttawa A14310
Aedan CooperOttawa COttawa B14310
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina ADuke14310
Elena HernandezSouth Carolina BNC State14310
William BarnesTennesse AGeorgia A14310
Edward FogelBirminghamDurham14310
Sam FooCambridge AOxford14310
Kevin FlanaganBristolImperial B14310
Andrew AmygdalosGeorge Washington AJohns Hopkins14310
Freya BeinartKenyon B Ohio State A 1430
Dennis YangMichigan B Ohio State B14310
YashMichigan AKenyon A14310
Yash Raj Singh ThakurArizona StateFarrellmagnetism14310
Dwight SolanoTAMUHCC14310
Mitchell ShaddenTexas ATexas B14310
Logan MathisSIUESquidward Community College14310