The Day of God
1894–95
Medium
Woodcut on china paper; edition in black ink on china paper
Dimensions
block: 7 3/16 x 8 in. (18.3 x 20.3 cm) sheet: 10 3/8 x 17 1/8in. (26.4 x 43.5cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.38.1
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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 ...