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Figures in a Garden
Figures in a Garden is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. It dates from 1891 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
The imagery captures a quiet moment of everyday life, focusing on the interaction between the figures and their immediate surroundings.
Paul Gauguin's 1891 oil painting, Figures in a Garden, portrays a domestic scene set within a garden located on Rue Carcel. The composition depicts a family group, specifically including an infant and a child, alongside a stroller. The imagery captures a quiet moment of everyday life, focusing on the interaction between the figures and their immediate surroundings.
The work presents a straightforward representation of family life in a Parisian garden setting, without evidence of complex allegorical symbolism in the provided records.
Technique & Style
Figures in a Garden is an oil painting on canvas by Paul Gauguin, dated 1891. The work measures 87 cm in height by 114 cm in width. Its medium is classified as oil paint on canvas, and the painting is held in the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Stylistically, the composition depicts figures within a garden setting, including a stroller, a family, an infant, and a child along the Rue Carcel. The broad canvas format supports a multi-figure outdoor scene, consistent with Gauguin's early practice of arranging human subjects within a landscape environment.
History & Provenance
Figures in a Garden was painted by Paul Gauguin in 1891. By 1906 the painting was in the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, where it has remained since. Executed in oil on canvas, it measures 87 cm in height by 114 cm in width.
The available sources do not contain a specific inventory or accession number for the work, nor do they list any exhibition history or past display records.
Overview
Paul Gauguin's Figures in a Garden, an oil painting from 1891, captures a domestic scene set outdoors. This work reflects the French artist's engagement with Impressionist principles during a transitional phase of his career. It predates his more radical Post-Impressionist and Symbolist explorations, yet already demonstrates his distinctive approach to color and composition. The painting is part of the collection at Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Artist
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; French:; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements.
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