Seated Nude Seen from Above
Paul Gauguin
1888/1889
Medium
pastel on yellow paper
Dimensions
overall: 61.6 x 50.5 cm (24 1/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Florian Carr Fund
Accession Number
2013.102.3
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 ...