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Painting of two washerwomen working by a turquoise river beneath a bright orange sky, by Paul Gauguin, 1888.

Washerwomen in Arles

1888

Four Breton women in white lace headdresses stand in a meadow with geese and blossoming shrubs.

Four Bretonnes Women

1886

Painting of a man with a moustache in a blue jacket beside a yellow crucifix figure against a bright landscape.

Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ

1890

Painting of a bowed red-haired figure in a brown cloak beside a bare tree, with a blue landscape and two distant figures.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

1889

Painting of a family in a studio with an easel, a stove, and a window onto a village, in bold blue, orange and red tones.

Schuffenecker's Studio" Alternative title(s): French: La famille SchuffeneckerThe Schuffenecker Familytitle QS:P1476,…

1889

Painting of a crowd of seated women and a standing man in a glowing circular hut with a striped roof.

Hut of songs

1892

Painting of a tropical landscape with a yellow flowering tree, palms, a red field, a horse rider and a hut.

At the Foot of a Mountain

1892

Painting of three children seated at a table with bananas, a wooden bowl, fruit, a gourd and a knife on a white cloth.

The Meal, also called Bananas

1891

Painting of a curving dirt road through a sunny landscape with a yellow house, tall poplars, cypresses and walking figures.

Landscape from Arles

1888

Painting of cottages, trees and washerwomen by a stream, with a sailboat on the water at right.

Washerwomen at Pont-Aven

1886

Painting of a Breton mill beside a water wheel, bare poplars, a woman in red with a dog, and autumn hills.

Landscape in Brittany. The David Mill

1894

Painting of a dark blue horse with a child on its back and three figures on a green meadow with hills behind.

Composition with Figures and a Horse

1902

Painting of a Breton landscape with twisted trees, a green meadow, two women working and a distant sea under a pale sky.

Landscape from Bretagne

1889

Painting of a Tahitian family by a canoe at sunset, with a seated woman drinking, a reclining woman, and a child.

Canoe; Tahitian Family (Te vaa)

1896

Gauguin painting of a seated woman holding an infant, with a green-winged angel behind her and animals in a yellow thatched s

Be Be (The Nativity)

1896

Still life painting of a ceramic jar, glass decanter, lemon and glass on a yellow tablecloth before a window.

At the Window

1882

Painting of a blue-skinned idol figure with a green face seated beside twisted trees in a tropical landscape at sunset.

Rave te hiti aamu (The Idol)

1898

Black lithograph on yellow paper of kneeling laundresses by a riverbank, with a cow at lower left and stylized clouds.

Volpini Suite: Laundresses (Les Laveuses)

1889

Woodcut of a seated figure beside a rocky river, with a second figure reaching upward at right, in dark brown and cream.

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94

Black and white woodblock print of a figure carrying a pole with bananas through a leafy landscape with animals.

Tahitian Carrying Bananas, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1898/99

Seated Tahitian Woman (recto), Sketches of Roosters and Chickens (verso)

1891/93

Charcoal and pastel study of a seated Breton woman in headscarf and shawl, with a small hand sketch at lower right.

Seated Breton Woman

1886

Woman with a Cat

c. 1900

Fan-shaped watercolor design of a colorful landscape with a haloed standing figure, a rider on a horse, and a blue bird.

Design for a Fan Featuring a Landscape and a Statue of the Goddess Hina

1900/03

Watercolor of a thatched hut under green trees, with a seated figure on a sandy path and a palm tree at left.

Tahitian Hut

1891/93

Pencil and watercolor sketches of crouching and standing figures, a pig's head, and a hut with a red roof at water's edge.

Sketches of Crouching and Standing Figures, a Pig, and a Hut at Water’s Edge

1891

Pen and ink sketch sheet with about ten studies of seated and standing women, one figure lightly washed in blue.

Ten Studies of Tahitian Figures

1891/93

Watercolor and drawing of a seated nude woman with a flower headband, with a reclining figure and rocky background in ochre t

Aha oe feii? (What! Are You Jealous?)

1894

Woodblock print of three women, a rider on a white horse, animals and trees, one figure hand-tinted pink, with TAHITI letteri

Change of Residence, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1899

Black and white woodcut headpiece with title Le Sourire, showing three figures, a mask, a fox and a bird.

Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece for Le sourire

1899

Woodcut print of two women beside a yellow river under a dark sky, with bold black and orange shapes.

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite

spring/summer 1894

Woodblock print of reclining women, a child, and a seated figure with a text banner reading Soyez amoureuses across the top.

Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will Be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1899

Black and cream woodcut of a man carrying bananas followed by two horses, with the words Le Sourire below.

Man Carrying Bananas Followed by Two Horses, headpiece for Le sourire

1900

Dark woodcut landscape with yellow highlights showing a standing woman, a large carved head, and offerings on the ground.

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94

Black and white woodblock print of a reclining figure beside a boat-like form, with a crowd in a dark interior behind.

Interior of a Tahitian Hut, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1898/99

Brown-toned print with curling hand-like forms, leafy stalks and swirling textures across a dark ground.

The universe is being created (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94

Woodcut print of a horse with birds around it, with the title Le Sourire lettered across the top of the frame.

A Horse and Birds, headpiece for Le sourire

1899

Woodcut headpiece reading LE SOURIRE, with two women's busts, a fox and a rabbit in carved black-and-white patterns.

Fox, Busts of Two Women, and a Rabbit, headpiece for Le sourire

1899/1900

Woodcut of two Tahitian figures among leaves and flowers, with the text Le sourire printed at left.

Tahitians, Flowers, and Leaves, headpiece for Le sourire

1899/1900

Lithograph of two seated women with dark hair beside a tree with broad leaves, with a bird at the right edge.

Two Maori Women Squatting Down

1894/95, published Feb. 3, 1895

Pencil sketches of pigs, a standing goat, and cattle heads and legs scattered across a yellowed sheet of paper.

Sketches of Various Animals and Head (recto), Sketches of a Head, Figure in Profile, Anatomical Details, and Animals…

1891/93

Black and white print of two figures beside dark rocks, with wavy sea lines and the inscription 'aux Roches noires' at left.

The Black Rocks

c. 1898-99

Black-and-white print of a stormy sea with large waves, a distant sailing ship, and a small boat in the foreground.

Dramas of the Sea

c. 1889

Black-and-white woodcut of nude and clothed figures with a French inscription banner across the top, by Paul Gauguin.

Be in Love and You Will Be Happy

c. 1898-99

Yellow-toned print of women seated and walking in a landscape, some carrying baskets on their heads, beside a tree.

Volpini Suite: The Grasshoppers and the Ants (Les Cigales et les Fourmis)

1889

Yellow-ground print of two old women in dark shawls in front of two hooded figures, with a tree and pale garment at the sides

Volpini Suite: Old Women of Arles (Les Vieilles Filles [Arles])

1889

Lithograph of two Breton women in white headdresses walking in a hilly landscape with a dog, on a yellow ground.

Volpini Suite: Joys of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)

1889

Print of two Breton women in white headdresses beside a wooden gate, with a rural landscape and trees behind them on a yellow

Volpini Suite: Breton Women by a Gate (Bretonnes à la Barrière)

1889

Gauguin print of three Breton women in dark dress and white caps beside a rocky sea cliff, with a cow at left.

Volpini Suite: Dramas of the Sea: Brittany (Les Drames de la Mer, Bretagne)

1889

Black ink print on yellow of a stormy sea with waves, a distant sailing ship, and a figure at lower right.

Volpini Suite: Dramas of the Sea (Les Drames de la Mer)

1889

Yellow-toned print of two women walking past a large tree, with a white cow grazing and hills in the background.

Volpini Suite: Martinique Pastoral (Pastorales Martinique)

1889

Black-and-white print of a reclining woman on a pale bed with a dark shadowy figure behind her and carved text at left.

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94, printed and published 1921

Black and white woodcut of a reclining figure beside a candle, with three mourners at right and a sun motif reading TE PO at

Te po (The Night), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893-94, printed and published 1921

Black and white print of a dark dreamlike scene with human figures, a fish-like head, bird creatures and white waves, inscrib

L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893-94, printed and published 1921

Black-and-white print of figures bathing in a tropical landscape beneath a large tree, with a bird at lower left.

Mahana atua (Day of the God)

1894/95, printed and published 1921

Carved wooden printing block of a tropical landscape with a large tree, river, and several figures.

Mahana Atua (Day of the Gods) [recto]

1894

Drypoint print of a seated woman with figs and a bowl on a table, with a rural landscape and sailboat behind her.

The Woman with Figs

1894, printed 1899

Black-and-white print of oxen pulling a cart past robed women and a haloed figure near a shrine on rolling hills.

Wayside Shrine in Brittany (Le calvaire Breton)

1898-1899

Woodcut print of a figure carrying bananas on a pole, with a cow and a pig beside a tree and rocks.

Tahitian Carrying Bananas (Le porteur de fei)

in or after 1895

Brown woodcut of three figures: a seated central goddess in a halo, an embracing pair at left, and a standing figure at right

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94

Pencil sketch on paper of seated figures, a chicken, and studies of animals, including a woman seen from behind.

Sketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto), Nude Female Torso (related to the painting Te a no areois [The Seed…

1891/93

Lithograph of Breton women in dark dress and white headdresses beside a cow, with dark rocks and waves behind them.

The Dramas of the Sea, Brittany (Guérin 7; Mongan, Kornfeld and Joachim 2 B)

1889

Mother and Child (recto); Profile Bust of a Man (verso)

1870s

Black-and-white print of two figures on a path beside a goat and a large tree, with rolling hills behind.

Pastorales Martiniques

1889

Black and white print of a woman with hands on her cheeks beside an elephant and a tree, by Paul Gauguin.

Misères Humaines

1898

Woodcut of seated figures before flames and a yellow glow on a dark ground, with title text along the bottom edge.

Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite

1894

Black and white woodcut headpiece with lettering, three figures, a mask, a fox and a bird by Paul Gauguin.

Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece forLe sourire

1899, printed and published 1921

Black and white print of seated figures beside a bright flame in a dark night scene, by Paul Gauguin.

Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94, printed and published in 1921

Monochrome print of two seated old women in dark bonnets on a grassy bank, with two standing figures on a path behind them.

Old Women of Arles, from the Volpini Suite

1889, printed after 1911

Lithograph of a nude woman lying on a bed, with dark spirit figures and a carved idol in the shadowy background.

Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)

1894

Faded pastel print of a rider on a pale horse lowering its head beside a blue river and flowering shrubs.

The Rider

c. 1902

Brown-toned print of a reclining figure, a candle, shadowy figures, and a radiant sun with a face in the upper left.

Te Po (The Long Night)

1894/1895

Dark woodcut print of swirling waves and figures, with pale lines and red accents, inscribed L'Univers est créé.

The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé)

c. 1894

Woodcut print of women, animals and leafy branches with fruit, framed by a dark border, by Paul Gauguin.

Women, Animals and Foliage (Femmes, animaux et feuillages)

in or after 1895

Woodcut print of a reclining woman on a flowered cloth, with stylized blossoms in black and cream above her.

Te Arii Vahine (Lady of Royal Blood)

1898-1899

Dark woodcut-style print in rose ink showing a tropical landscape, mountains, a seated woman under a tree, and a hut.

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude)

1893-94

Black ink print on yellow paper of a woman in a bonnet beside a fence and stone wall, with a rural landscape behind her.

Pastoral in Martinique

1889

Monochrome print of a reclining nude woman on a white sheet, watched by a dark spirit figure and a carved idol at right.

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau), from "L'Estampe Originale"

April-June 1894

Gauguin print of a dark figure beside rippling water under a cloudy sky, with pale ochre and pink tones.

Auti Te Pape

1893-94

Black and white woodcut of cattle beside a wooden cross, with three hooded figures at left and a hillside behind.

Le Calvarie Breton

1898-99

Black and white print of seated figures, rising flames and hooded forms, with Tahitian text reading Mahna no varua ino.

The Devil Speaks

1893-94

Dark incised print with glowing pale forms, a winged figure and a hunched figure, with Tahitian title text below.

The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

1893-94

Dark woodcut-style print of a reclining figure outlined by a pale curving halo, with white blossoms above.

Spirit of the Dead Watching

1893-94

Black-and-white print of a reclining woman on a pale bed with a dark standing figure at right, rendered in hatched lines.

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

1893-94

Black and white woodcut of a large carved idol-like figure, a seated woman, and small figures in a dark landscape.

Maruru

1893-94

Black-and-white woodcut of a woman resting her head on her hands beside a hunched animal and stylized trees.

Human Misery

1898-99

Black and white woodcut of a horned head, a dark animal, a bird, and a seated woman beneath leafy branches.

Woodcut with a Horned Head

1898-99

Woodcut of a man carrying bananas on a pole past a cow and a dog, framed by tree trunks and leaves.

Tahitian Carrying Bananas

1898-99

Black and tan woodcut of a reclining woman with head on hand, surrounded by leafy flowers and a floral-patterned cloth.

The Queen of Beauty -- Langorous

1898

Dark brown print of a reclining figure and tropical plants, with a face in the upper right and the title Te Po lower left.

Te Po

1893-94

Black woodcut print of two horses and a bird with block lettering reading Le Sourire and Taiti on cream paper.

Le Sourire;Taiti (Smile; Tahiti)

December 1899

Black-and-white print of a dreamlike scene with waves, fantastic creatures, and a small human figure beside a large fish-like

The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

1893-94

Dark golden print with pale hands, a leafy sprig, and a central figure in a red headdress reaching upward.

The Universe Is Created

1893-94

Black and white print of a man leading oxen pulling a cart along a path through a hilly rural landscape.

The Ox Cart (Le char a boeufs)

1898-1899

Black ink print on yellow paper showing a churning maelstrom, a small ship on the horizon, and a figure gripping rocks.

Dramas of the Sea: A Descent into the Maelstrom (Les drames de la mer: une descente dans le maelstrom)

1889

Woodcut by Paul Gauguin showing women, a child, a cat and a bird beneath the French motto Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureu

Be in Love and You will be Happy (Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses)

1898-1899