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Emile Schuffenecker

Portrait of Paul Gauguin (sketch for Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui), ca. 1896

Description

Maker

Title

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

Year

ca. 1896

Medium

black crayon on laid paper mounted to cardboard

Dimensions

37.9 x 29.1 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches)

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

59.076

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Facing Artists

February 27 - July 31, 2009

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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