Breton Bathers (Baigneuses Bretonnes)
1889, published after 1900
Medium
lithograph (zinc) on imitation Japan paper
Dimensions
sheet: 37 × 33.2 cm (14 9/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Jane C. Carey as an addition to the Addie Burr Clark Memorial Collection
Accession Number
1959.12.11
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 ...