The yellow Christ

Date: 1889
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
Dimensions: 92 x 73

The painting depicts Jesus Christ on the cross with figures around who appear to be witnessing the event. The surrounding landscape is stylized with bold colors and is not realistically depicted. The figures appear to be Breton villagers, suggesting that the scene may be set in a particular regional context. The hilly landscape with colourful trees can be seen in the distance and the sky is a deep yellow colour.

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Gauguin painted picture The yellow Christ in 1889. Prevailing color of this fine art print is yellow and its shape is portrait. Original size is 92 x 73. This art piece is located in Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). French painter and a leading figure of Postimpressionism. His experiments with colour strongly influenced modern art of the early 20th century. As one of the first, he subscribed to primitivism: simplified and exaggerated contours of the body, strong and contrasting colours. This artistic style was partly due his admiration for the art of the primitive cultures of Africa, Micronesia and North American Indians. Gauguin himself had the opportunity to experience life on Tahiti, where he resided from 1891 until his death. It was in Polynesia that he created his most famous paintings.