Landscape near Arles

Paul Gauguin1888

Details

Title: Landscape near Arles
Creator Lifespan: 1848 - 1903
Creator Nationality: French
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: 1888
Type: oil paintings
Rights: Gift in memory of William Ray Adams
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/20199
Medium: oil on canvas
wall label: This canvas was the first one Gauguin painted during the two months he spent in Provence with Vincent van Gogh in 1888, just after his productive summer in Pont-Aven. Gauguin had rebelled against Impressionism's reliance on the visible world, and he altered nature's shapes and colors to suggest his own more subjective reaction to the landscape. In this composition, however, Gauguin focuses on forms and structure. While the rural subject and acidic colors show the influence of van Gogh, this image is more indebted to Paul Cézanne. In his careful integration of the haystack and farm buildings, Gauguin has echoed Cézanne's emphasis on geometric form.
measurements: 36 x 28 1/2 in.
Artist: Gauguin, Paul

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