Paul Gaugin :His Works

Femmes De tahiti

Gaugin is probably best known for his paintings of polynesian women. Many critics have gone back to his roots in the analysis of his choice of subjects. Gaugin spent many of his early years in Peru. The tropics seemed to have an indellible influence on his art work. His most famous work on the subject is ' Femmes de Tahiti [Sur la plage] (Tahitian Women [On the Beach]) ' which he painted in 1891.

Gaugin's religious paintings have also influenced the art world profoundly. One of his most famous is Le Christ Jaune, or the yellow Christ. This was painted in 1889 and now rests at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY . Another famous religious painting was 'Vision After the Sermon, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel' , painted in 1888. It now rests in the National gallery of scotland.

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