Tahitians, Flowers, and Leaves, headpiece for Le sourire
Paul Gauguin
1899/1900
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper
Dimensions
104 × 183 mm (image), 123 × 215 mm (sheet)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74755
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 ...