Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne - Paul Gauguin

Joseph Winterbotham Collection

"Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne" by Paul Gauguin (1890) Oil on linen canvas.

Commentary

"Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne" by Paul Gauguin (1890) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Its painted surface guides your eye through color, brushwork, and contrast rather than through narrative alone. Themes to notice include Post-Impressionism, painting. This piece is held in the source collection's Painting and Sculpture of Europe collection. Paul Gauguin is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. It is associated with the Post-Impressionism period. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as painting, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Oil on linen canvas) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (65.3 × 54.9 cm (25 11/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Framed: 82.9 × 73.4 × 10.5 cm (32 5/8 × 28 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include Post-Impressionism, painting. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16648

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data