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A Farm in Brittany

ca. 1894
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825

From early in his career Gauguin was attracted to the relatively remote and unspoiled terrain of Brittany in northwestern France. Breton culture, infused with vestiges of its pagan Celtic past, appealed to his taste for the primitive and the exotic. The artist is thought to have made this work during his fifth and final visit to the region in 1894, between voyages to the tropics. The brushwork recalls Gauguin's earlier Impressionist pictures, while the palette evokes his Tahitian paintings.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Farm in Brittany
  • Artist: Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands)
  • Date: ca. 1894
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. (72.4 x 90.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Seligman Lewisohn, in memory of her husband, Sam A. Lewisohn, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.143.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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