1880
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher is a 1880 oil by Paul Gauguin, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting shows a simple still life with a wooden tankard and metal pitcher. This work is interesting because it was created early in Gauguin's career. At this time, he was still experimenting with different styles and techniques, which is visible in the way he used color and light. To learn more about the use of light and color, look into the technique of chiaroscuro.
Probably on deposit at Goupil, Boussard and Valadon by March 1893 and then sent to George Daniel de Monfreid [according to a letter from Joyant to Monfreid, March 24, 1893 as quoted in Jean Loize, Les amities du peintre Georges Daniel de Monfreid et ses reliques de Gauguin (Paris, 1951), pp. 93–4, no. 138, “I toile: nature morte, pot et cafeterie.”]. Possibly Émile Schuffenecker (1851-1934), Paris [‘Schuffenecker’ as the owner without first name is quoted in G. Wildenstein, 1964 and D. Wildenstein, 2001 as information given to G. Wildenstein by Jeanne Schuffenecker, Émile Schuffenecker’s…
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Tableaux de la vie silencieuse, 1946, cat. 26bis (ill.), as Le Pot de terre et le pot de fer. Lyons, Musée dex Beaux Arts, Les Grands Courants de la peinture contemporaine, 1949, cat. 43 (ill. 16), as Le Pot de terre et le pot de fer. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, An Impressionist Legacy: The Collection of Sara Lee Corporation, September 9-December 25, 1990; traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, January 20-March 17, 1991, pp. 30-31. Lakeland, Florida, Polk Museum of Art, Modern Masters: The Collection of…
Raymond Cogniat, Gauguin (Paris, 1947), p. 6 (ill.). Lee van Dovski (Herbert Lewandowski), Paul Gauguin oder die Flucht vor der Zivilisation (Olten-Bern, 1948, 1950), p. 339, no. 23. Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin (Paris, 1964), p. 22, no. 47 (ill.). Elda Fezzi, Gauguin (New York, 1980), pp. 22, no. 51, fig. 57. Richard R. Brettell, An Impressionist Legacy: The Collection of Sara Lee Corporation (New York, 1986), pp. 30-31 (ill.). Belinda Thomson, Gauguin by Himself (Boston, 1993), pp. 32, 56 (color ill.). James G. Massey, Arthur J. Powell and Norm W. Wilson, Windows and Images: An Introduction…
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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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