Interior of a Hut (Interieur de case)
in or after 1895
Medium
woodcut in black
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1955.16.1
Art Historical Context
Step into the evocative world of Paul Gaug's *Interior of a Hut (Inter de case)*, a striking woodcut created in or after 1895. During this period, Gauguin was immersed in his second stay in Tahiti, where he sought to capture the raw essence of Polynesian life, far from European conventions. This black-ink print, housed in the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection, the simple, shadowy confines of a traditional Tahitian dwelling, reflecting his fascination with indigenous culture and escape from Western industrialization. Gauguin, a Post-Impressionist pioneer and champion of Primitivism, r...
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 ...