Pastorales Martinique (Martinique Pastorals), from the Volpini Suite
1889
Medium
Zincograph in black on chrome yellow wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.6 × 22.4 cm (7 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate, approx: 22.3 × 29.1 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 50.1 × 65 cm (19 3/4 × 25 5/8 in.)
Classification
zincograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
48769
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 ...