"I shut my eyes in order to see."
— Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin, Day of God, 1894.
Two Tahitian Women 1899
Paul Gauguin
This one was my favorite thing I saw at the Met. Gauguin is my favorite, and this painting was beautiful in person. The photo doesn’t do it justice.
"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."
— Paul Gauguin
— Paul Gauguin
"The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public."
— Paul Gauguin
— Paul Gauguin
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