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Arlésiennes (Mistral)  1888

by Paul Gauguin

One of seventeen canvases that Paul Gauguin completed during a brief and tumultuous visit with Vincent van Gogh in Arles, this powerful and enigmatic painting depicts the public garden directly across from Van Gogh’s residence, the “Yellow House.” Not only is the careful planning of the composition in marked contrast to the spontaneity seen in Van Gogh’s depiction of the s...
Size: 
73 × 92 cm (28 3/4 × 36 3/16 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on jute canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago