Vase in the Form of a Tropical Plant with Bird and Deity
Paul Gauguin
1887/88
Medium
Stoneware painted with slip and gold
Dimensions
21.5 × 17 × 12 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
vase
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
212301
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 ...