Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Les Enfants luttant (Children Wrestling) 1888 Oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Gauguin (1848–1903) discovered Japanese prints in 1887 through Vincent van Gogh. In 1888, for this Breton wrestling match, he adopted the aesthetic of…
Nizon in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon c.1893 High Museum of Art, Atlanta See also: • Bretagne | Cities | France
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Intérieur à Pont-Aven (Inside a Shop in Pont-Aven) 1887 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 55.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen For the young Émile Bernard, aged nineteen, 1887 was a year of achievements. Bernard and his…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Moisson, Le Pouldu (Harvest: Le Pouldu) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 × 92.1 cm Tate Britain, London In 1890 Gauguin was staying at Marie Henry’s boarding house in Le Pouldu, Brittany. The headland in this painting is at the western…
Clohars-Carnoët in Art: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Moisson, Le Pouldu 1890 Tate Britain, London See also: • Bretagne | Cities | 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…
(1861–1894) The artist’s works: Femmes au bord de la mer 1887–1889 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Paysage de la Martinique 1887 Private collection Paysage de la Martinique 1887–1888 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Allant au marché 1888 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent…
(1868–1941) Émile Henri Bernard The artist’s works: Baigneuses à la vache rouge 1887 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Intérieur à Pont-Aven 1887 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jeux d’enfants 1888 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Autoportrait au tableau “Baigneuses à la vache rouge” c.1889 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Baigneuses…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Village au bord de la mer en Bretagne (Village by the Sea in Brittany) c.1880 Oil on cardboard on hardboard, 25.08 × 32.39 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Bretagne (France)