{"id":191985,"date":"2026-08-14T16:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svetslik.si\/?post_type=product&p=191985"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:43:42","slug":"houses-in-le-pouldu","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/svetslik.si\/en\/paul-gauguin\/houses-in-le-pouldu\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Gauguin \u2013 Houses in Le Pouldu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houses in Le Pouldu \u2013 the museum publishes the frame\u2019s measurement too<\/h2>\n

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 small dark barred window project. On the left in front a strongly green bank rises, and below it red-brown earth opens. At the centre of the canvas stands a figure in a yellow hat and blue jacket. On the right a woman in a blue apron and dark coif bends down, and behind her stands a black horse. At the lower right is a yellow wooden fence. The sky is pale grey. The work is held by the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe under inventory number 2503; it was made in 1890.<\/p>\n

The canvas measures 92 x 73 cm, the frame 116.5 x 99 cm<\/h3>\n

The museum record gives two different measurements for this work: the support, that is the canvas alone, measures 92 x 73 cm, while the frame measures 116.5 x 99 cm at a depth of 11 cm. The frame therefore adds almost 25 cm of height and 26 cm of width. The figure is rare and very useful: when you choose a size for a particular wall you are not measuring the painting alone but the painting with its frame. The same relation holds for our sizes, so it is worth adding a few tens of cm to the chosen measurement in both directions.<\/p>\n

What the museum says about the picture<\/h3>\n

The museum\u2019s text points out that the usual grading of the picture planes is missing here: the distance is almost suppressed, and foreground and middle ground weave into a network of lines made of trees, roofs and figures. The colours close into large areas bounded by a line, and the painter modelled those areas with short, parallel brushstrokes. The work was made after he moved with the colleagues of the Pont-Aven circle to the Breton fishing village of Le Pouldu.<\/p>\n

Where the picture hangs today<\/h3>\n

The museum also gives the location for this work: the Kunsthalle\u2019s collection presentation at the ZKM. It has been shown in that arrangement from 2023 onwards. Its digital reproduction has been published by the museum as public domain.<\/p>\n

How a hand-painted reproduction is made<\/h3>\n

Every reproduction here is hand-painted in oil on canvas, stroke by stroke. In this motif the bare trunks are decisive: they must be painted in one pass and with slightly varying thickness, or the network of lines turns into a fence. Before dispatch you receive a photograph of the finished work for approval.<\/p>\n