GAUGUIN Archives - The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Attributed to Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

December 12, 2024January 18, 2013 by Paul

Attributed to Paul Gauguin A Landscape at Pont Aven Pont Aven, Brittany, 1888 Oil on canvas 66.1 x 100 cm Gauguin stayed in the village of Pont Aven in Brittany in 1886 and again in 1888, the date of this view. It shows a group of thatched farm buildings set in a fertile landscape, at … Read more

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

June 14, 2024November 26, 2012 by Paul

Paul Gauguin Bathers at Tahiti Tahiti, 1897 Oil on sacking 73.3 x 91.8 cm This is one of eight paintings that relate to the monumental canvas Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, a summation of Gauguin’s philosophy of life, civilization and sexuality. The paintings were described as ‘fragmentary replicas of … Read more

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