Seated Figure and a Cow; Three Studies of a Child's Head
Paul Gauguin
1884-1888
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on end papers of sketchbook cover
Dimensions
overall: 17.7 x 23.7 cm (6 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Armand Hammer Collection
Accession Number
1991.217.42
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 ...