Tag: Gauguin

Le Christ vert, ou Calvaire breton (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ vert, ou Calvaire breton (Green Christ, or Breton Calvary) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73.5 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune 1889 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo    …

Te vaa (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te vaa (Canoe; Tahitian Family) 1896 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 131.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Gauguin moved to Tahiti (Polynesia) in 1891, seeking to find the simplicity lacking in the “civilised” life of Parisian society. Here he…

Les meules de foin (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Les meules de foin (The Haystacks) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73.3 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In the 1880s, Paul Gauguin made several extended trips to Brittany in western France, attracted by the region’s remoteness and…

Te Rerioa (1897)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te Rerioa (The Dream) 1897 Oil on canvas, 95.1 x 130.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted this striking work a few years after settling in Tahiti, a French colony in the southern Pacific, and only…

Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (1881)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (Pissarro’s Garden, Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 54.4 cm Private collection Verso: Deux esquisses d’autoportrait Esquisse d’autoportrait I (Self-portrait sketch 1) Esquisse d’autoportrait…

Drame au village, Pont-Aven (1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Drame au village, Pont-Aven (Drama in the village, Pont-Aven) 1894 Oil on canvas, 73.4 x 93 cm Private collection A dream-like, symbolic scene in sultry, evocative hues, Paul Gauguin’s Drame au village, Pont-Aven epitomizes the artist’s fascination with…

Les Enfants luttant (1888)

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…

Hammer Museum (Los Angeles)

Founded: 1990 Address: 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…