These self-portraits were swapped like friendship bracelets among Gauguin, Bernard, and their buddy Van Gogh.
Gauguin
Gauguin contemplates modern culture’s distance from spirituality in this vivid, evocative canvas.
Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon (or Jacob ...
Cropped figures, vivid hues, and unnatural light turn a humdrum pastoral scene into an act of aesthetic rebellion.
Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow
Gauguin’s nude is suspended between dreams and reality— just like his imperialistic vision of Tahiti.
Paul Gauguin, Nevermore
Gauguin took every opportunity to describe this enigmatic painting with melodramatic flourish.
Paul Gauguin, Where do we come from? ...
Gauguin’s ceramic Goddess of Death survives to this day thanks to the negligence of his flaky friend.
Paul Gauguin, Oviri
Featuring a frightened, nude fourteen-year-old, this painting shows the dark side of Gauguin’s Tahitian fixation.