Landscape with Poplars, This work depicts a landscape with poplar trees., 1875
Scope and Contents
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0951; Public Notes: From the Indianapolis Museum: This landscape ranks among Gauguin's most ambitious early works, painted in the 1870s while he was still a bank agent.
With its dark color scheme and naturalistic treatment of the countryside, the canvas shows the influence of Barbizon painter Charles François Daubigny. It is nevertheless a work of considerable originality that reveals Gauguin's dramatic temperament. Seen in a profile against the tempestuous sky, the slender poplars seem to cower before the menacing presence of the enormous trees. The lone laundress in the center of the landscape is dwarfed by her setting, a typically Romantic reference to the power of nature. Earth and sky clash with an abruptness unknown to Daubigny.
Dates
- Creation: 1875
Creator
- Paul Gauguin (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Subjects: trees; landscapes; poplars; School: French; Style period: Post-Impressionism; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings
Full Extent
1 Items : Image Work Type: book clipping ; Image height (in.): 5.8; Image width (in.): 7in.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
Medium: oil paint; Physical condition: mounted; Print type: black and white; Support: canvas
General
Artist Status: attributed; Inscription author: artist; Inscription original text: P. Gauguin 99; Inscription original text type: signature; Inscription position: Bottom left; Inscription translation text type:
Source
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (Repository, Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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