ARTH 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, Market Garden
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Images to hang in yellow house to be shared with gauguin and other poor artists, No white at all except the light colour of the mirror that complements black window frame, 4th pair of complementary colours, a way to express balance and harmony. Vernacular speaking rural areas were problematic for french government because saw french speaking solders as foreign. Gov feared that continuing to speak local language would undermine the nation state. Like community gardens, where artisans could supplement the cost of vegetables. By 1886, pauguain began working with new dealersame year when van gogh came to paris. Gauguin didn"t know that each village in brittainy had different patterns, related to their mantles. Breton women considered awkward, dumb, even animal like. Women hands portrayed in rural style: either working or on own butt/waist. Gauguin snuck up to van gogh, had big flight with seurat and signac, a bit of a manipulator. Primitivism tied to historical aspect of brittainy, stereotypes.
