Gauguin, now finding Pont-Aven spoiled by tourists,…
1889 CE
In a heightened pursuit of raw expression, Gauguin begins to focus upon the ancient monuments of medieval religion, crosses, and calvaries.
He incorporates their simple, rigid forms into his compositions, as seen in The Yellow Christ (1889, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York).
While such works build upon the lessons of color and brushstroke he learned from French Impressionism, they reject the lessons of perspectival space that have been developed in Western art since the Renaissance.
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Paul Gauguin: The Yellow Christ (1889); oil on canvas 92.1 cm (36.2 ″); Width: 73 cm (28.7 ″; Albright–Knox Art Gallery; Buffalo, New York
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West Europe
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