1848 – 1907
Industrial Revolution II

Gauguin's The Red Cow


Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow, 1889, oil on canvas (LACMA)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

 


Note:
Despite my saying that the cypress trees suggest this canvas may have been painted in the south, it was painted in Le Pouldu near Pont-Aven in Brittany (SZ).

 

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The Red Cow
Le Pouldu near Pont-Aven, France
1889

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