Arearea

Arearea
ArtistPaul Gauguin
Year1892
TypeOil paint on canvas
Dimensions75 by 93 centimetres (30 in × 37 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

Arearea is an 1892 work by French painter Paul Gauguin.[1] It was one of the works Gauguin exhibited at his 1893 Durand-Ruel exhibition in Paris.[2] It was bequeathed to the French state in 1961, and was in the collection of the Louvre.[3] From 1986, the painting has been in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay.[2] The prominence in his paintings of collarless free range dogs has been the subject of much speculation as to their symbolic or metaphorical meaning.[4]

References

  1. ^ West, Stephen (19 October 2010). "Van Gogh's Head, Gauguin Girls, Cezanne's Onions Shine in S.F." Bloomberg News. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 7 February 2015.(subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Paul Gauguin - Arearea". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ^ Base Joconde: Arearea (joyeusetés), French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
  4. ^ Maurer, Naomi E.; Van Gogh, Vincent (August 1998). The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin (Hardcover). Dickinson, New Jersey: Fairleigh. p. 154. ISBN 0838637493. Retrieved April 5, 2017.