1889
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Volpini Suite: Old Women of Arles (Les Vieilles Filles [Arles]) is a 1889 by Paul Gauguin, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows three women in a yellow-toned scene. Two stand side by side, holding hands, wearing dark clothes and head coverings. One sits in the foreground, wrapped in a heavy coat, holding a bundle of sticks. The background is a rough, textured yellow with faint outlines of trees or hills. The artist used quick, sketchy lines and bold black shapes to show the women’s forms. Their faces are simple, almost like quick drawings, not detailed portraits. Check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see this work in person.
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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