AMICO Assignment Set:
Review Set for Modern Art, 1880-1945
Copyright Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Paul Gauguin made this drawing in Arles in southern France in November 1888, during his famous and turbulent visit to his friend, Vincent van Gogh. The subject is van Goghís neighbor, friend, and sometime model Mme. Ginoux, wife of Joseph Ginoux, whose CafÈ de la Gare was one of Vincentís favorite local hangouts.
Van Gogh painted Mme. Ginoux in traditional Arlesian costume in Portrait of Mme Ginoux--- LíArlÈsienne (November 1888, Metropolitan Museum of Art). The pose and costume are the same as in Gauguinís drawing, but taken from a different angle. In 1890, while he was confined to the mental asylum in nearby Saint-RÈmy, Vincent made another portrait of Mme. Ginoux, closely based on Gauguinís drawing. ìI have seen the canvas of Mme. Ginoux,î Gauguin wrote to his friend, ìvery beautiful and very strange. I like it better than my drawing. In spite of your condition, you have never worked with such a degree of equlibriumÖî
Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903. LíarlÈsienne, Mme. Ginoux, 1888. Colored chalks and charcoal with white chalk on wove paper. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, memorial gift from Dr. T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 69.30.78. Personal and educational non-commercial uses are permitted and encouraged. AMICO ID: FASF.60631.
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