Emile Schuffenecker

Portrait of Paul Gauguin (sketch for Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui)

Maker

Emile Schuffenecker (French, 1852-1934)

Title

Portrait of Paul Gauguin (sketch for Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui)

Year

ca. 1896

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

null

Dimensions

37.9 x 29 cm (14 15/16 x 11 7/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

59.076

Type

Exhibition History

Facing Artists
Twentieth Century Portraits from the Collection
Feb 27, 2009 – Jul 31, 2009

Label copy

Emile Schuffenecker and Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) shared a tumultuous friendship. They first met in 1871 while working for a stockbrokerage firm in

Paris, and thereafter jointly initiated a style of painting favoring strongly outlined planes of minimally modeled, bright colors. By 1890 Schuffenecker was supporting

Gauguin, a difficult arrangement that would eventually lead to a falling out. He made this drawing for the cover of an issue of Les Hommes d’Aujourd’hui (Men of Today) dedicated to Gauguin, placing him amid flames and holding a crucifix as a comment on the subjects and motivations for his art. In an 1897 letter to the artist

George-Daniel de Monfried, Gauguin branded this simplification of his art pretentious.

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Tombstone

Emile Schuffenecker (French, 1852-1934)
Portrait of Paul Gauguin (sketch for Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui), ca. 1896
black crayon on laid paper mounted to cardboard
37.9 x 29 cm (14 15/16 x 11 7/16 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 59.076

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