Vincent van Gogh painted his most famous work, 'The Starry Night' (1889), while staying at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in France. Curiously, physicists have discovered that the swirling patterns in the sky of this painting mathematically align with the complex theory of 'turbulent flow' in fluid dynamics. During his periods of intense psychological distress, Van Gogh was able to capture one of the most difficult concepts in nature—the chaotic yet structured movement of energy. He only sold one painting during his lifetime ('The Red Vineyard'), yet he produced over 2,100 artworks in just a decade. His use of 'impasto'—applying paint so thickly that it stands off the canvas—gave his work a physical texture and emotional intensity that paved the way for Modernism.