Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate
1898-1899
Medium
two laminated woodcuts on Japanese paper, double-mounted on wove paper
Dimensions
image (woodcut): 22.5 × 20.1 cm (8 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 24.5 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 50.4 × 37.8 cm (19 13/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4609
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 ...