Te atua (The God), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
1899, printed 1995
Medium
Wood-block print in black and brown ink from two blocks on cream Japanese paper with cream fibrous inclusions throughout
Dimensions
Image: 24.4 × 22.7 cm (9 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet, sight: 50 × 33.5 cm (19 11/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
142549
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 ...