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…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon, près de Pont-Aven (Calvary and Church at Nizon, near Pont-Aven) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 39.4 cm x 47 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta In 1879 Renoir spent the summer in the home of…
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Paysannes bretonnes dans un champ (Breton peasant women in a field) 1889 Watercolor and charcoal on paper, 21.8 x 15.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Bretagne (France)
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Bretonnes (Breton Women) s.d. Oil on canvas, 81 x 54 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Bretagne (France)
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) Jardinière avec bretonne et moutons (Planter with Breton Woman and Sheep) 1886–1887 Partially painted and enamelled stoneware, incised and modelled decoration, 13.3 x 15.5 x 11.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Bretagne (France)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Autoportrait (Self-portrait) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 46 × 38.1 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Gauguin exemplified the restless artistic spirit. In this image, painted during a brief return to Paris from Tahiti in 1893, he plays the…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Jeune fille chrétienne (Young Christian Girl) 1894 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 46.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Bretagne (France)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux filles bretonnes au bord de la mer (Two Breton Girls by the Sea) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 73.6 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo See also: • Bretagne (France)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Baigneurs en Bretagne (Bathers in Brittany) 1887 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 130 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Two Bathers – as Gauguin called this painting when it was first exhibited – was probably…