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The Quarries of Le Chou near Pontoise by Paul Gauguin

The Quarries of Le Chou near Pontoise

Paul Gauguin · 1882

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Artist
Paul Gauguin
Date
1882
Location
National Gallery of Canada
ART MOVEMENTS
ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismSymbolism
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THE ARTIST

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 The Quarries of Le Chou near Pontoise belongs to.

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando) Same movement · Post-Impressionism Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1887 · Art Institute of Chicago Cart with Black Ox Same era · 1860s–1890s Cart with Black Ox Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Portland Art Museum After the Bullfight Same movement · Impressionism After the Bullfight Mary Cassatt · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago Madame Léon Clapisson Same era · 1860s–1890s Madame Léon Clapisson Léon-Victor Dupré · 1883 · Art Institute of Chicago A Turn in the Road Same movement · Impressionism A Turn in the Road Alfred Sisley · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Same era · 1860s–1890s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago 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 Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1860s–1890s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
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