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Mother and Child (recto) by Paul Gauguin

Mother and Child (recto)

Paul Gauguin · 1870

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DETAILS
Artist
Paul Gauguin
Date
1870
Medium
black chalk
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
France, 19th century
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickox
ART MOVEMENTS
ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismSymbolism
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Paul Gauguin

1848–1903 · France

Paul Gauguin, the French Post-Impressionist, abandoned a stockbroker's life for art, famously seeking 'refuge from Western civilization' in Tahiti.

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Beyond Gauguin and Symbolism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Mother and Child (recto) belongs to.

Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat Same movement · Post-Impressionism Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat Paul Cézanne · 1870 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cart with Red and White Ox Same era · 1850s–1880s Cart with Red and White Ox Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Kröller-Müller Museum The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935) Same movement · Impressionism The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935) Berthe Morisot · 1870 · Metropolitan Museum of Art Two Boats in a Storm Same era · 1850s–1880s Two Boats in a Storm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago After the Bullfight Same movement · Impressionism After the Bullfight Mary Cassatt · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1850s–1880s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago A Turn in the Road Same movement · Impressionism A Turn in the Road Alfred Sisley · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1850s–1880s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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