The Rape of Europa, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
1898/99
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on thin, ivory Japanese paper, laid face down on ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in yellow ocher ink on ivory wove paper (verso)
Dimensions
Image/primary/secondary support: 23.1 × 20.5 cm (9 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
67031
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 ...