REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS BY FAMOUS PAINTERS

The Gate – the same wooden gate was painted the same year by a second painter A wide wooden gate of pale palings rises from the right across the lower part of the canvas. Behind it a grassy bank climbs steeply, with pigs grazing on it. At the right edge […]

Te Faaturuma – the first Gauguin in an American museum A woman sits on the floor with her legs crossed, in a sleeveless white shift, resting her chin on her right hand. Her eyes are lowered. The floor is orange and takes up most of the canvas. At the lower […]

Mette Gauguin – the museum’s title is her name alone The woman sits the wrong way round on a chair, her arms folded over the back, looking to the side so that we see her profile. She wears a pale evening dress with bare shoulders and a gathered edge, long […]

Houses in Le Pouldu – the museum publishes the frame’s measurement too Bare trunks and branches rise across the whole upright canvas, cutting the scene into vertical bands. Behind them stands a long low house with a blue-grey slate roof and a brick-red wall, from which two chimneys and a […]

Portrait of Madeleine Bernard – one canvas, two paintings, two inventory numbers A young woman sits turned slightly to the right, her right hand raised to her neck and cheek. She wears a dark blue buttoned bodice with a narrow belt, and over her shoulders is thrown a yellow coat […]

La belle Angèle – the sitter sealed inside a circle The middle of the canvas is taken by a large circle bordered with a dark line. Inside it sits a young woman in a white Breton lace cap and a broad white collar; her dress is dark, with a belt […]

An Orchard under the Church of Bihorel – a title that promises more than can be seen The picture is filled by two slender fruit trees that grow out of the pale grass and spread their branches across almost the whole height of the canvas. The grass in front is […]

Roses and Statuette – a work with two titles On a pink table surface stands a tall clear bottle of water, out of which rises a bunch of white and pale pink roses with dark green leaves. To the right of the bottle stands a small dark carved statuette, seen […]

Portrait of Suzanne Bambridge – the dress that swallows the figure The woman sits turned almost frontally towards us, in a long dark dress with a small floral pattern that covers her from the throat to the floor. At the neck she wears a broad pale trim, and her hands […]