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The Large Tree
The Large Tree is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. It dates from 1896 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Subject & Meaning
Paul Gauguin's 1896 oil painting The Large Tree depicts a landscape scene featuring a prominent tree and a house.
Paul Gauguin's 1896 oil painting The Large Tree depicts a landscape scene featuring a prominent tree and a house. The work focuses on these natural and architectural elements as its primary subject. While the title emphasizes the tree, the composition integrates the dwelling to establish a rural setting. The available records describe the visual content as a house and a tree, without additional iconographic detail.
Technique & Style
The Large Tree is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 74.0 cm in height by 92.8 cm in width. Created by Paul Gauguin in 1896, it is classified as a painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection. The horizontal canvas accommodates a landscape composition depicting a house and a tree, executed in the layered handling and saturated color characteristic of Gauguin's mature work.
History & Provenance
The Large Tree is an oil on canvas by Paul Gauguin, dated 1896 and measuring 74.0 × 92.8 cm. It portrays a house alongside a tree. The painting is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. Its provenance is limited to this institutional holding, as no earlier owners are documented in the available records, which likewise contain no specific accession number or exhibition history.
Overview
Paul Gauguin completed The Large Tree in 1896, an oil painting characteristic of the Post-Impressionist movement. This work presents a vibrant outdoor scene, featuring several figures gathered around a prominent tree and a building, rendered with the artist's distinctive approach to color and form.
Legacy
During his lifetime, Paul Gauguin, a French painter and printmaker, experienced limited commercial and critical success for his innovative work. However, his contributions to modern art, particularly his departure from traditional representation and his bold use of color and simplified forms, have since garnered significant and widespread recognition.
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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.
