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PAUL GAUGUIN - THE MARKET GARDENS OF
VAUGIRARD
Gauguin,
Public Domain, via
Wikimedia Commons
The Market Gardens of Vaugirard 1879 |
- Depicts Vaugirard, a semi-rural Left Bank quarter of Paris where Gauguin lived, capturing a suburban landscape undergoing early urbanization.
- Painted while Gauguin worked as a Parisian stockbroker and painted only part-time.
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Reflects the style of Camille Pissarro, featuring short, feathered brushstrokes, a high horizon line, and a palette of greens, blues, and reds.
- Current location is Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Featured in the fifth Impressionist exhibition in 1880, marking Gauguin's public debut as an Impressionist painter.
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