Pleasures of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)
Paul Gauguin
1889, published after 1900
Medium
lithograph (zinc) on imitation Japan paper
Dimensions
sheet: 32.5 × 47.2 cm (12 13/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1958.8.96
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 ...