Man with an Ax
1891/93
Medium
Thinned gouache, with pen and black ink, over pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image/primary/secondary support: 31.7 × 22.8 cm (12 1/2 × 9 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159076
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...