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Paul Gauguin

Busagny Farm, Osny, 1883

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Description

Maker

  • Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, French

Title

Busagny Farm, Osny

Year

1883

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

64.8 x 54.6 cm (25 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches)

Place

France

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund in honor of Houghton P. Metcalf, Jr.

Object Number

1999.3

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Inventing Impressionism

October 21, 2016 - June 11, 2017

In early summer of 1883, Paul Gauguin joined Camille Pissarro to paint in the farming village of Osny. Here Gauguin emulates Pissarro’s small, dense strokes (see Farm and Mill at Osny) but rejects his mentor’s orderliness, instead experimenting with patches of disorganized marks whose colors sometimes wander from traditional harmonies. The seemingly random heightening of greens, reds, and purples in the foreground hints at his growing rebellion against realist expectations. Gauguin also skews the motif of the farm here, making it uncomfortably featureless and off-balance, anticipating his eventual rejection of the landscape motifs favored by many Impressionists.

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In early summer of 1883, Paul Gauguin joined artist Camille Pissarro to paint in the French farming village of Osny. Here Gauguin emulates Pissarro’s small, dense strokes (see Farm and Mill at Osny), but he departs from his mentor’s orderliness by experimenting with disorganized marks whose colors sometimes wander from traditional harmonies. The seemingly random heightening of greens, reds, and purples in the foreground hints at his growing rebellion against expectations of realism. Gauguin also skews the motif of the farm, making it uncomfortably featureless and off-balance, anticipating his eventual rejection of the landscape motifs favored by many Impressionists.

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