Wayside Shrine in Brittany, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
1898/99
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, tipped on thin white Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.2 × 22.7 cm (6 × 8 15/16 in.); Primary support: 15.2 × 22.7 cm (6 × 8 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 15.3 × 22.7 cm (6 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60634
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 ...