Pair of Wooden Shoes (Sabots) [right]
Paul Gauguin
1889/1890
Medium
polychromed oak, leather, and iron nails
Dimensions
overall: 12.8 x 32.7 x 11.2 cm (5 1/16 x 12 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.239.a
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 ...