The expression dates from the early part of the 19th century. keep oneâs chin up To maintain oneâs courage and resolve, to keep oneâs spirits up, to keep oneâs head held high. This American expression has been in use since at least 1938. Keep your chin up honey.
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) McLean wrote âVincent,â also known as âStarry, Starry Night,â in the fall of 1970, while he was working for the Berkshire School District. He was living in the Sedgwick House, a beautiful Federal style house in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Whether or not this religious inspiration is true, it is known that the piece is not the only Starry Night painting that Van Gogh ever created. Gogh was quite proud of a piece he had painted earlier in Arles in 1888 that depicted stars reflecting in the Rhone River.