Tahitians, Flowers, and Leaves, headpiece for Le sourire
Paul Gauguin
1899/1900
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.4 × 18.3 cm (4 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 13.2 × 24 cm (5 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159107
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 ...