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Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin. 1848-1903 . “Pure color! Everything must be sacrificed to it.”. Self-Portrait in a hat, 1893, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm. Bathing, Dieppe , 1885, oil on canvas, 73 x 73 cm., Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek , Copenhagen , Denmark.

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Paul Gauguin

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  1. Paul Gauguin 1848-1903 “Pure color! Everything must be sacrificed to it.” Self-Portrait in a hat, 1893, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm.

  2. Bathing, Dieppe, 1885, oil on canvas, 73 x 73 cm., Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark • Gauguin collected art, including paintings by Cézanne, Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro. • He began to paint and exhibit with the Impressionists.

  3. Washerwomen at Roubine du Roi, Arles 1888, Oil on burlap, 29 7/8 x 36 1/4" (75.9 x 92.1 cm), Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

  4. Still Life with Three Puppies, 1888,oil on panel,92.8 x 61.6 cm.,Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA • By this time Gauguin had abandoned naturalistic depictions and colors. • This painting’s composition was inspired by children’s book illustrations and Japanese prints. • How many groups of three objects do you see in this painting?

  5. The Vision after the Sermon (Jacob wrestling with the Angel), 1888, Pont-Aven, France, oil on canvas, 74.4 x 93.1 cm.

  6. Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888, oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm., Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  7. Yellow Christ, 1889,Pont-Aven, France, oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm. • Gauguin returned to Brittany where he could afford to live and paint. • He hoped to make enough money to fulfill his dream of traveling to a tropical island where he could live simply and pursue his art.

  8. Self-Portrait with Yellow Christ, 1890, oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm

  9. Self-Portrait with Halo, 1889Pont-Aven, France, oil on wood, 72.9 x 51.3 cm. • This self-portrait was painted on the wooden cupboard doors in the dining room of the inn where he stayed in Le Pouldu, Brittany. • He portrays himself as the Fallen Angel. • Do you see symbols of good and evil?

  10. Tahitian Women, or On the Beach, 1891, French Polynesia, oil on canvas, 69 x 91.5 cm., Muséed'Orsay, Paris, France

  11. Idol with a Shell, carved iron wood, inlaid bone, and shell, 1892, 10 ½ x 5 ½ in. • Gauguin was also a skilled sculptor. • He studied forgotten legends of the Maori people and ancient traditions of the Tahitian culture. • Gauguin tried to recapture a long gone way of life through his art.

  12. Siesta,1894, Paris, France, oil on canvas, 86 x 113 cm.

  13. Tahitian pastorale, 1898, Punaauia, French Polynesia, oil on canvas

  14. Landscape with three figures, 1901,  French Polynesia, oil on canvas,  Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

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