dimanche 16 janvier 2011

Paul Gauguin 1848-1903-Ia Orana Maria Aka Hail Mary



Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary),1891
Oil on canvas
44 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. (113.7 x 87.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (  link   ) , New york





http://www.freemanart.ca/gauguin_index_3.htm


Life and times
June 1848 Born in Paris, son of a political journalist and grandson of writer Flora Tristan, pioneer of modern feminism
1849-54 The family lives in Peru
1865 Enlists in merchant navy and later the French navy
1872 Becomes a stockbroker
1873 Marries Mette Gad. Becomes a regular weekend painter
1878 Begins collecting contemporary art
1879 Invited to exhibit at the fourth Impressionist exhibition
1882 Pursues painting full-time
1886 Visits Brittany
1888 Lives with Van Gogh in Arles, an experiment that ends with Van Gogh severing his own ear
1891-93 Lives in Tahiti
1895 Diagnosed with syphilis. Departs again for Tahiti
1903 Dies

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