Sketches of Crouching and Standing Figures, a Pig, and a Hut at Water’s Edge
Paul Gauguin
1891
Medium
Graphite and watercolor on cream wove paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions
10.8 × 16.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159074
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 ...