Christmas Night, The Blessing of the Oxen, 1902-1903 is a painting by Paul Gauguin which was uploaded on November 14th, 2021.
Christmas Night, The Blessing of the Oxen, 1902-1903
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist.
This enigmatic view of a winter night in Brittany demonstrates... more
by Paul Gauguin
Title
Christmas Night, The Blessing of the Oxen, 1902-1903
Artist
Paul Gauguin
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist.
This enigmatic view of a winter night in Brittany demonstrates Gauguin’s ability to combine different sources of inspiration into one composition. The steeple and snow-covered cottages depict sites in Pont-Aven, yet the women wear the dark caps of another village, called Le Pouldu. The oxen are based on Egyptian tomb sculpture, while the figures in the shrine derive from photographs Gauguin owned of a frieze in Java.
Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen), 1902-1903 (Oil on Canvas), by Paul Gauguin
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November 14th, 2021
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