Study for Aita tamari vahine Judith te parari [verso]
c. 1894
Medium
charcoal, black chalk, and pastel on paper worked over with brush and water
Dimensions
overall: 30.6 x 62.1 cm (12 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert and Mercedes Eichholz, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1990.77.1.b
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 ...