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The Gate
Paul Gauguin1889
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
The picture was taken in the Breton fishing village Le Pouldu not far from Pont-Aven. The same lattice gate was painted, also in 1889, by Paul Sérusier (1864-1927) (Paris, Musée d'Orsay). In that year Sérusier founded the Symbolist group of artists Les Nabis.
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Details
- Title: The Gate
- Creator: Paul Gauguin
- Creator Lifespan: 1848 – 1903
- Creator Death Place: Atuona, Hiva Oa, French Polynesia
- Creator Birth Place: Paris, France
- Date Created: 1889
- Physical Dimensions: 92,5 x 73 cm
- Type: painting
- External Link: Kunsthaus Zürich, Online Collection
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Movement: Modern
- Original title: La Barrière
- Inventory number: 1981/0002
- Credit line: Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of H. Hausammann, 1981
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