Haystacks in Brittany
1890
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 74.3 × 93.6 cm (29 1/4 × 36 7/8 in.) framed: 97.16 × 116.21 × 12.07 cm (38 1/4 × 45 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman
Accession Number
1972.9.11
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 ...