#artist: paul gauguin

[about-suffering]

la Orana Maria (Ave Maria), 1891 Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

I think Gauguin inspires complicated feelings in anyone even remotely mindful of colonialism and racist narratives concerning "primitive" peoples. I'm not sure this art blog is the place to unpack those feelings. I can say, having seen this piece in person at the met, it positively glows. The official public domain image truly doesn't do it justice. I've included my own photograph for comparison.

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Aline Marie Chazal Tristán, "The Artist's Mother" (c. 1889) by Paul Gauguin. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

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Paul Gauguin

Still Life with Flowers and Idol

1892

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Head with Horns, before 1894

Unknown artist/maker, Previous Attribution: Paul Gauguin

Sandalwood with traces of polychromy on a lacewood base

8 11/16 × 9 × 4 3/4 in.

This sculpture was photographed and labeled "Marquesan Idole" by Jules Agostini (French, 1859-1930) in November 1894, in the Marquesas Islands, in Nuku Hiva (Paris, musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Agostini's photo albums). Sent to work for the French State in Oceania, Agostini stopped in the Marquesas Islands in late November 1894 just before arriving in Tahiti, where he stayed until 1898.

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Paul Gaugin (French, 1848-1903) • Bouquet of Peonies on a Musical Score • 1876

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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

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Paul Gaugin (French, 1848-1903) • Self-Portrait with Spectacles • 1903 • Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

" I shut my eyes in order to see." – Paul Gaugin

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Blumen in einer Vase 1896 by Paul Gauguin (Öl auf Leinwand)

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A Paul/Vincent edit, song is Gold Dust by Duster

[about-suffering]

Parau Api (What News?) 1892 Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

A later rendition of Gauguin's Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women on the Beach).

[wav3y-zzz]

Paul Gauguin!! I know he's not really a "historical figure" but he's my baby girl so that's what matters

WE GOT PAUL

[the-cricket-chirps]

Vincent van Gogh, Still Life: Vase with Five Sunflowers, ca. 1888

Paul Gauquin, Sunflowers and Mangoes, 1901

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Wallace Polsom, Deep Focus LXVI (2022), paper collage, 21.6 x 28.8 cm.

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Paul Gaugin (French, 1848-1903) • Nature morte avec des tournesols sur un fauteuil (Sunflowers on an Armchair) • 1901

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Purple Anemone in a Purple Vase, by Jeff Stanford, inspired by Paul Gauguin