Bathers in Brittany, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques
1889
Medium
Zincograph on chrome yellow wove paper; first edition
Dimensions
9 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (23.3 x 20.0 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.82.2(9)
Tags
Art Historical Context
### Bathers in Brittany, from the Volpini Suite Step into the sun-dappled world of Paul Gauguin's *Bathers in Brittany* (1889), a captivating zincograph from his rare *Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques*. Created during Gauguin's time in rural Brittany, France, this intimate print (9 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.) captures women bathing by the sea, evoking a sense of timeless harmony with nature. Printed on vibrant chrome yellow wove paper in its first edition, it reflects the artist's growing fascination with bold, symbolic imagery amid the Pont-Aven Symbolist circle. Gauguin, a pioneer of Post-Impr...
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...