Artist Monograph

Paul Gauguin, French

French, 1848–1903

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Woodcut 20 60.6%
Oil Painting 5 15.2%
Etching 2 6.1%
Lithography 2 6.1%
Other Media 2 6.1%
Engraving 1 3%
Watercolor 1 3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 30 90.9%
Painting & Sculpture 3 9.1%

Production by Decade

6
1880s
25
1890s
2
1900s

Classification Types

  • Print — 29
  • Painting — 3
  • Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1133.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)2163.6%
Large (1–3 m)13%

Range: 16.2 cm → 114.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
193414
19391
19406
19432
19511
19521
19582
19711
19771
20121
20132
20161

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 501" — 1

Highlighted Works

  1. 1891 Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Oil on canvas
  2. ca. 1899 Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles) Charcoal on laid paper

Recurring Subjects & Themes

  • Women · 26
  • Female Nudes · 10
  • Animals · 7
  • Human Figures · 7
  • Men · 6
  • Trees · 6
  • Leaves · 4
  • Fruit · 4
  • Landscapes · 3
  • Birds · 3
  • Abstraction · 3
  • Goats · 2
  • Profiles · 2
  • Flowers · 2
  • Bathing · 2
  • Dogs · 2
  • Rivers · 2
  • Cows · 2
  • Eve · 2
  • Horses · 2

Met Open Access Records

62 CC0 records at The Met.

CultureCountryDepartmentRecords
FrenchEuropean Sculpture and Decorative Arts2
French, ParisEuropean Sculpture and Decorative Arts1

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard