Still Life with Cat
Paul Gauguin
c. 1899
Medium
Watercolor on cream laid paper, laid down on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Primary/secondary support: 63.5 × 36.1 cm (25 × 14 1/4 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
62735
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 ...