Paul gauguin paintings the yellow christ

painting by Paul Gauguin

The Yellow Christ (in French: Le Christ jaune) is a painting executed by Paul Gauguin in in Pont-Aven.

Together with The Green Christ, it is considered to be one of the key works of Symbolism in symbolic mythological paintings of the older era as represented by Symbolism.

Gauguin first visited Pont-Aven in He returned to the village in early to stay until mid-October, when he left to join Vincent van Gogh in Arles, for little more than two months.

Paul gauguin paintings the yellow christ

Early in , Gauguin was back to Pont-Aven to stay there until spring It was only for a short visit in summer to Paris to see the Exposition universelle and to arrange the Volpini Exhibition that Gauguin interrupted this sojourn.

Soon after his return to Pont-Aven he painted The Yellow Christ.

The painting is a symbolic piece that shows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ taking place in 19th-century northern France as Breton women are gathered in prayer.

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