Description
Paul Gauguin – Woman Holding a Fruit; Where Are You Going?
| Year of creation: | 1893 |
| Original size: | 73.5 cm x 92.5 cm |
| Painting style: | Symbolism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
A daily occurrence in the lives of the islanders is Gauguin’s oil on canvas Woman Holding a Fruit; turned Where Are You Going? into the embodiment of the eternal rhythm of life, the harmony between man and nature. In the foreground of the painting stands a Tahitian girl with a fruit in her hand – the Eve of this eastern paradise.
Gauguin rejected the rules of traditional painting techniques and then Impressionism, so he created his own style. Flat space, rhythmic repetition of lines, shapes and colors and the application of pure colors in broad strokes is the combination with which the painter created a highly decorative effect in his oils on canvas.
