A-Level: Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow

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Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow, 1889, oil on canvas (LACMA)

Note: though the video states that the cypress trees suggest this canvas may have been painted in the south, it was painted in Le Pouldu near Pont-Aven in Brittany.

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Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "A-Level: Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow," in Smarthistory, July 25, 2017, accessed September 22, 2021, https://smarthistory.org/paul-gauguin-the-red-cow-2/.