VINCENT VAN GOGH: THE STARRY NIGHT - Truman Cheng with LEGO IDEA

This is LEGO IDEA project as a tribute to the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night inspired LEGO® fan designer Truman Cheng for his winning LEGO Ideas submission that reimagines the famous painting in 3D, using 2,316 LEGO bricks. After receiving over 10,000 votes from the LEGO Ideas community in 2022, the idea was turned into a real-life LEGO set that now is considered a hard-to-find collectable on the market.

The design is based on the painting “The Starry Night” by van Gogh, painted in 1889. The set re-imagines the original painting in a 3D scene, with strong emphasis on the artist’s iconic brush strokes and color choice.

Various techniques are used to reproduce van Gogh’s beautiful brush work:

Clips and brackets form the swirling cloud; plates stack to form the hillsides and bushes; curve parts build up to become the cypress tree. My favorite part is the inclined plate stack on the right, capturing the angled brush strokes within the moon-lit cloud.

In honor of the artist, a Vincent van Gogh minifigure is also included in the set. This also comes with: a paint brush, painting palette, an easel, and a “Starry Night” mini-painting on printed tile.