Still Life
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
15 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (38.4 x 46.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Accession Number
67.187.69
Tags
Art Historical Context
Paul Gauguin's *Still Life*, an oil on canvas measuring 15 1/8 x 18 1/4 inches, captures the intimate beauty of everyday objects—likely featuring fruit and vases—in a composition that reflects the artist's early experimentation. Though the exact date is unknown, this-scale painting belongs to Gauguin's formative years as a Post-Impressionist, before his iconic voyages to Tahiti. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department, it the collection through the generous bequest of Adelaide Milton de Groot in 1967. Gauguin, a French artist (1848–1903) who rejected bourgeois...
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 ...