Human Miseries, from the Volpini Suite
1889
Medium
Zincograph in reddish-brown on chrome yellow wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.4 × 23.4 cm (11 3/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 29.3 × 23.5 cm (11 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.8 × 65 cm (19 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)
Classification
zincograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
48779
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 ...