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Landscape from Bretagne
In the 1880s, Paul Gauguin occasionally went to Bretagne, where he was taken by the landscape and local traditions. This painting shows an actual part of the coast, in a subjective interpretation where the decorative effects of colour fields and contours are the key element. The orange sections have shadows in a contrasting blue. This new style was called Synthetism. In autumn 1892, the artist Ric…
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Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
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- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1889
- 1889
Provenance
- Donated 1919 by Hjalmar Granhult
Identifier
- NM 2156
- 19216
Extent
- Mått 72,5 x 91 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1889
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:16.891Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:47.938Z