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Hammock, Henri Lebasque
Reminds us so much of Gauguin’s Tahitian works.
Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage (via paulgauguin-art)
Learn about Gauguin's (extremely solitary) excursions to Polynesia here.
“Still Life with Peonies”, 1884, Paul Gauguin.
You know Gauguin's paintings, but have you seen his prints?
“Gauguin’s current effort will tomorrow provoke a complete revolution in the art of printmaking,” wrote one Parisian critic in the late 1800s.
Self Portrait
Paul Gaugin, 1885
Kimbell Art Museum
Gauguin looks like he needs some Dayquil. More on the long-suffering artist.
Learn about Paul Gauguin's Tahitian "vacation" here.
Five very different versions of a Gauguin woodblock print, made by Gauguin himself, his son Pola or artist Louis Roy. Learn about the artist's mercurial philosophy and how it informed his printmaking process on our blog ~ www.matthewsgalleryblog.com #arthistory #artblog #artbeat #artworld #art #artist #instaart #artgallery #artgallery #galleryblog #gallerylife #artengage #printmaking #printmaker #prints #fineartprints #postimpressionism #noanoa #tahiti #tahitian #paulgauguin #gauguin #version (at Matthews Gallery)
Paul Gauguin, L'Univers Est Cree (Creation of the Universe), woodblock print and painting
This woodblock print and its oil counterpart were created around the same time and are close mirror images of each other. Both show three women on a shore with a Polynesian sculpture (based on carved Buddhist reliefs from Java) rising above them. In the painting, our eyes are drawn to the bright colors and wild abstract forms of the water. In the print, the women and the statue stand out as bold graphic elements, highlighting the symmetry of the composition.
Gauguin’s decision to reverse the composition from one work to the other opens some interesting interpretive pathways. The three women in the foreground may represent birth, life and death. If their positions can be so easily flipped, perhaps life’s course isn’t so linear either. Viewed together, the works form a loop that reminds us of Buddhist beliefs concerning rebirth.
Read more on the Matthews Gallery Blog.
Via Flickr: Paul Gauguin sailed to Tahiti to escape "everything that is artificial and conventional", but things didn't go so well. Read about it on the Matthews Gallery blog: d.pr/ctgI
Paul Gauguin- L'Universe Est Cree on Flickr.
Via Flickr: From Gauguin's Noa Noa series of woodblock prints. See more: d.pr/6IQa
Mystery of the day: could that be Paul Gauguin's fingerprint on his Noa Noa woodblock print "L'Univers Est Cree"? Stay tuned, we'll be investigating! #art #artist #arthistory #followart #artalive #artgallery #tahiti #woodblock #worksonpaper #prints #fingerprints #noanoa #gauguin #santafe #santafenm #newmexico #newmexicotrue #nuevomexico #okeeffecountry #landofenchantment #canyonroad #canyongram (at Matthews Gallery)
