Countless artists throughout history have had to overcome unfortunate financial circumstances by literally painting for food. Vincent Van Gogh is historically documented as perpetually being that type of artist. Having only sold one painting for money his entire life, Van Gogh often supplied his debt collectors with personalized art in trade. Having to paint with such financial pressure bearing down did not prevent Van Gogh from letting his opinions be told. In his painting The Night Cafe in the Place Lamartine in Arles, Vincent Van Gogh buried his own personal symbolism deep within the paintings walls.
             The focal point of this cheerless painting is an almost empty billiard table. The table is crowned with only two ordinary white billiard balls and an unpretentious pool stick lying vertically across the right side of the table. Placed in the center of what appears to be an ostracized bar of some sort, the bleak green color of the table casts a titanic shadow across the room. The table's slanted silhouette engulfs the majority of the establishment's bright yellow floors. The distasteful floor has a wooden grain appearance and has hints of green highlights intertwined in the timber.
             Immediately to the right of the table stands a man completely isolated from the inadequately populated room. He is an older looking fellow with graying hair that seems somewhat in need of grooming. The man, who towers with false pride over the scanty institution, may be a superior or owner. He is wearing all white garments like a doctor ready for open-heart surgery. The gentleman's thigh length jacket has a V-neck line that emphasizes his sun tanned skin. He lingers awkwardly beside the table with his hands in his pockets.
             Behind him along the right wall of the room, there are two long, rectangle shaped tables extending the entire length. One table contains only a single bottle of wine and a solitary glass. Beside this table, there are thr...