Manuscript Pages [verso]
1884-1888
![Manuscript Pages [verso] by Paul Gauguin](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/manuscript-pages-verso-nga-74236.webp)
Medium
page of notes; pen and brown ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.9 x 22 cm (6 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Armand Hammer Collection
Accession Number
1991.217.50.b
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art are invited to explore an intimate artifact from Paul Gauguin early career: *Manuscript Pages [verso*, dated 1884–1888. This modest drawing, executed in pen and brown ink on wove, measures just 16.9 x 22 cm, offering a personal into the artist's thought process during a pivotal period. Part of The Armand Hammer Collection in the CG-E Department, it captures Gauguin as he transitioned from stockbroking to full-time painting, immersing himself in the vibrant Parisian art scene alongside Impressionists like Pissarro. Gauguin, a foundational Post-Impression...
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 ...