Human Misery (Misères humaines)
Paul Gauguin
1898-1899
Medium
woodcut on Japan paper, perimeter mounted
Dimensions
image: 19.3 x 29.1 cm (7 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.) sheet: 24.9 x 34 cm (9 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4610
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 ...