The Ark of Grace

Bretons se promenant (c.1889-1890)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Bretons se promenant (Bretons Walking) c.1889–1890 Gouache and watercolor on thin cardboard, 38.7 x 59 cm Private collection See also: • Bretagne (France)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage de Bretagne, Le moulin David (Landscape in Brittany, The David Mill) 1894 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Just like Cézanne and Van Gogh, Gauguin was convinced that painting should not be limited…

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Allant au marché (Going to Market, Brittany) 1888 Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 46 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis The Pont-Aven artists often painted aspects of daily life in Brittany. In this animated scene, a couple rides…

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Les Meules jaunes, dit aussi La Moisson blonde (The Yellow Stacks, also known as The Blonde Harvest) 1889 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Moisson en Bretagne c.1889 Private collection …

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Moisson en Bretagne (Harvest in Brittany) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 63.5 cm Private collection Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Les Meules jaunes 1889 Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Bretagne (France)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Femmes au bord de la mer, esquisse (Women by the sea, sketch) 1887–1889 Oil on canvas, 65 x 91.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Martinique (France)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Paysage (Landscape) 1889–1890 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 54.8 x 46 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Pont-Aven (France)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Portrait de l’artiste (Portrait of the Artist) 1889 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 38.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (Self-Portrait to my friend Vincent) 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 60.4 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Charles Laval sent this self-portrait to Van Gogh, who was immediately enthusiastic. To his brother Theo he…

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte au profil de Laval (Still Life with Profile of Laval) 1886 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis In this enigmatic image, Gauguin’s fellow artist Charles Laval peers at an arrangement…

Allant au marché (1888)

Portrait de l’artiste (1889)

Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (1888)

Nature morte au profil de Laval (1886)