Post-Impressionist and Symbolist painter Paul Gauguin had an influence on modernists such as Picasso and Matisse, though he was vastly underrated in his lifetime. “Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven” by the master who famously moved to Tahiti, is an intriguing work that might be called a genre scene were it not also a sophisticated statement of iconoclastic art.
Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven, c.1888, Oil on CanvasPaul Gauguin French (1848 - 1903) |
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Post-Impressionist and Symbolist painter Paul Gauguin had an influence on modernists such as Picasso and Matisse, though he was vastly underrated in his lifetime. “Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven” by the master who famously moved to Tahiti, is an intriguing work that might be called a genre scene were it not also a sophisticated statement of iconoclastic art. |
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