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) is an 1897–98 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. The painting was created in Tahiti and is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Viewed as a masterpiece by Gauguin, the painting is considered "a philosophical work comparable to the themes of the Gospels". [1] The painting is notable for its enigmatic subject and atmosphere.
Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a leading 19th-century Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and writer.His bold experimentation with color directly influenced modern art in the 20th century while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the ...
Gauguin was very appreciative of Bernard's art and of his daring with the employment of a style which suited Gauguin in his quest to express the essence of the objects in his art. [ 52 ] In Gauguin's The Yellow Christ (1889), often cited as a quintessential Cloisonnist work, the image was reduced to areas of pure colour separated by heavy black ...
Portrait of Madeleine Bernard is an August 1888 oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, now in the Museum of Grenoble, which bought it for 20,000 francs in 1923. [1] [2] [3] It shows Madeleine Bernard, sister of the French painter Émile Bernard (1868-1941) (they both visited Gauguin around that time) and is painted on the other side of the June 1888 The White River by the same artist.
Gauguin is making use of Breton themes while at the same time leaning towards abstraction. The women, one of whom clasps her hands in prayer, are wearing a variety of white hats and seem to be the ones having this vision. Several colors stand out above the rest, including the reds, black, and white, and contribute to the visual energy of the scene.
The 1897 painting 'Te Bourao II' is the first Tahitian painting to enter the French auction market in 22 years. A Rare Gauguin Painting Just Sold for $10.5 Million in Paris Skip to main content
Pages in category "Paintings by Paul Gauguin" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. ... The Siesta (Paul Gauguin) Spirit of the Dead Watching;
Charcoal study, c. 1891–3, Art Institute of Chicago [28] The inscription below the idol reads "MERAHI METUA NO | TEHAMANA". [1] This means "Teha'amana has many parents", a reference to Teha'amana possessing foster parents as well as her natural parents in accordance with the faʼaʼamu [] Tahitian custom (Gauguin had to negotiate with both sets of parents when arranging the marriage). [29]