The world of Pont-Aven by Paul GauguinIn Pont-Aven, Gauguin goes from a still impressionist landscape to flat surrounded areas, Breton figures and colors chosen for their expressive power.
1848 - 1903Life of Paul Gauguin
1886First stay in Pont-Aven
1888Synthetist tour in Brittany
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1886 -1894 · Brittany, simplification and modern invention
In Pont-Aven, Gauguin goes from a still impressionist landscape to flat surrounded areas, Breton figures and colors chosen for their expressive power.
Paul Gauguin arrived in Pont-Aven in 1886, attracted by a less expensive life and an already active artists' colony. His first views of the port, the washerwomen and the Aven valley retain a fragmented touch, but gradually simplify the plans. The turning point of 1888, nourished by exchanges with Émile Bernard, led to surrounded shapes and colors less dependent on immediate observation. The Lolichon field and the church became colorful masses; Breton women, children and peasants are no longer just local figures, but actors in a world that Gauguin constructed as more ancient and spiritual. This vision must be viewed with critical perspective : it transforms real inhabitants into signs of a Brittany that he himself describes as "primitive". Pont-Aven nevertheless remains the place where landscape, memory, religion and formal invention decisively detach themselves from impressionism. The "Pont-Aven by Paul Gauguin" selection notably compares swimming in front of the port of Pont-Aven and Les Lavandières in Pont-Aven. His reading favors composition.
In Pont-Aven, Gauguin is no longer content with receiving the color of the pattern: he chooses it to organize an idea.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Paul Gauguin arrived in Pont-Aven in 1886, attracted by a less expensive life and an already active artists' colony. His first views of the port, the washerwomen and the Aven valley retain a fragmented touch, but gradually simplify the plans. The turning point of 1888, nourished by exchanges with Émile Bernard, led to surrounded shapes and colors less dependent on immediate observation. The Lolichon field and the church became colorful masses; Breton women, children and peasants are no longer just local figures, but actors in a world that Gauguin constructed as more ancient and spiritual. This vision must be viewed with critical perspective : it transforms real inhabitants into signs of a Brittany that he himself describes as "primitive". Pont-Aven nevertheless remains the place where landscape, memory, religion and formal invention decisively detach themselves from impressionism.
Observe port and valley
The first campaigns remained close to the impressionist outdoors. This milestone sheds light on the "Pont-Aven de Paul Gauguin" collection by favoring composition.
Simplify with Bernard
Contour, flat and memory take precedence over local vibration.
Return and move the language
Brittany, Le Pouldu and Tahiti respond to each other in a symbolic work.
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White headdress
The clear form punctuates the groups and signals Breton identity. This trait guides a reading of "Pont-Aven by Paul Gauguin" centered on composition.
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Surrounded embankment
The outline separates the colors and reduces the naturalistic depth.
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Compact church
Architecture becomes a mental volume in the field.
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Aven in curve
The river connects port, valley and movements of figures.
Explore by universe
See a place become language
Port, work, field and winter show how Gauguin gradually transformed Breton observation into synthetic composition.
Port01
Keep the outdoors
Water, bathers and boats still maintain a mobile feeling.
For 1886. Reading of "Pont-Aven by Paul Gauguin" through composition.Washerwomen02
Pace the work
Repeated gestures order shore, linen and figures.
For everyday lifeField03
Flatten the distance
Church and lands become strongly separated areas.
For 1888Winter04
Reduce the palette
Snow, children and animals condense the landscape into silent masses.
For the seasonSwimming maintains the mobility of the port05
Swimming in front of the port of Pont-Aven
Water, bodies and boats still belong to a luminous observation close to the impressionist beginnings.
Landmark work of Pont-Aven by Paul GauguinThe washerwomen give rhythm to the shore06
Les Lavandières in Pont-Aven
Work gestures, silhouettes and linen organize the space before radical simplification.
Landmark work of Pont-Aven by Paul Gauguin
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Four Pont-Aven by Paul Gauguin
The selection combines swimming in front of the port, washerwomen, the Lolichon field with the church and a Breton winter with children and calves.
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