Paul Gauguin
Our artist
is concentrating on painting his Impressionist still life while women talk in
the next room. How often has this been
the experience of any one of a number of artists? Gauguin’s storyline lightens an otherwise
somber painting.
Paul
Gauguin, The Wave, 1888
I think this
man is a rather playful guy. The women
talking in the next room was a sly bit of humor on himself. Little Paul is indoors practicing his violin
lessons while the boys are busy roughhousing outside. This picture at the shore is just plain
fun. Yeah, red sand, colorful surf… it
gave the Fauvists something to think about.
What’s he
doing up there? From the cliff he can
easily hear shouts of delight coming from those frolicking below. It has the look of a landscape but his choice
in colors makes this painting about expressing joy. He’s also introduced something unexpected. Gauguin gives us a bird’s eye view of people
playing among the crashing waves.
Both
pictures give us sound – grouped women conversing, frolickers shouting. Not a bad thought. It breathes life into the scenes.
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