GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Breton women in characteristic white headdresses stand beside a rickety wood fence. A more distant Breton sits beside a cow and goose. Paul Gauguin found the refreshingly primitive agricultural society of Brittany's countryside inspiration for new artistic conventions. In this print, Gauguin folds the distant rolling hills into two vertical planes bedecked by smudges of trees and fence lines. The distinct contrasts between light and dark, like the seated girl's bonnet and dress, function as elements of the composition and do not reflect the natural play of light. By drawing his image on a grainy zinc plate, Gauguin's lines are coarser than traditional limestone lithographs and thus well-suited for the rustic theme of peasant women outdoors.
This image is one of Gauguin's first efforts at printmaking. He executed a series of eleven prints for an exhibition at Café Volpini, right outside the entrance to the Paris Exposition Universelle.
Adapted from
Brittany Luberda, DMA label copy, 2010.
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Created 1889
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DMA label copy copied from the Extended Text field in TMS:
This image is part of a series of 11 prints by Gaugin executed with lithographic chalk on a zinc surface rather than on the traditional limestone. Once the image is drawn on the plate, it is chemically treated so that it can be linked and printed in the same manner as a lithograph. The zinc plate has the advantage of being more portable and far less expensive. The rougher "tooth" of the plate's surface is imparted to the image and suits and rustic theme of the peasant women and their surroundings.
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Place of origin and depicted location: Pont-Aven (France): TGN: 7009441
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- Guggenheim, New York~Read a biography of Paul Gauguin from the Guggenheim.
- Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon~ Check out a painting of a pardon in Brittany by Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret created around the same time as Gauguin's depiction.
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General Description
Breton women in characteristic white headdresses stand beside a rickety wood fence. A more distant Breton sits beside a cow and goose. Paul Gauguin found the refreshingly primitive agricultural society of Brittany's countryside inspiration for new artistic conventions. In this print, Gauguin folds the distant rolling hills into two vertical planes bedecked by smudges of trees and fence lines. The distinct contrasts between light and dark, like the seated girl's bonnet and dress, function as elements of the composition and do not reflect the natural play of light. By drawing his image on a grainy zinc plate, Gauguin's lines are coarser than traditional limestone lithographs and thus well-suited for the rustic theme of peasant women outdoors.
This image is one of Gauguin's first efforts at printmaking. He executed a series of eleven prints for an exhibition at Café Volpini, right outside the entrance to the Paris Exposition Universelle.
Adapted from
Brittany Luberda, DMA label copy, 2010.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Guggenheim, New York~Read a biography of Paul Gauguin from the Guggenheim.
- Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon~ Check out a painting of a pardon in Brittany by Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret created around the same time as Gauguin's depiction.
Notes
Created 1889
Checked Piction
DMA label copy copied from the Extended Text field in TMS:
This image is part of a series of 11 prints by Gaugin executed with lithographic chalk on a zinc surface rather than on the traditional limestone. Once the image is drawn on the plate, it is chemically treated so that it can be linked and printed in the same manner as a lithograph. The zinc plate has the advantage of being more portable and far less expensive. The rougher "tooth" of the plate's surface is imparted to the image and suits and rustic theme of the peasant women and their surroundings.
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Cultures
Geography
Place of origin and depicted location: Pont-Aven (France): TGN: 7009441
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Historical periods
Individuals
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