Landscape near Arles

Landscape near Arles
French: Ferme à Arles

Artist	Paul Gauguin
Year	1888
Type	Oil painting on canvas
Dimensions	36 cm × 28.5 cm (14 in × 11.2 in)
Location	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis

Landscape near Arles is an 1888 oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts a rural scene in Provence.^[1]

Description

Landscape near Arles depicts a very typical scene from that area: the farmhouse is a traditional mas, the cypress trees are common in the region, and the haystack is suitable for harvest time. Gauguin's treatment of the subject owes much to Paul Cézanne, whom Gauguin revered. His emphasis on geometric forms and the way his careful network of precisely placed brushstrokes locks the haystack and farmhouse together creates a highly ordered environment that owes much to Cézanne.^[2] The way he organizes the traditional French countryside makes nature itself conform to his own structural regimen.^[1] Only the bright, acidic hues indicate that Gauguin was painting next to Vincent van Gogh.^[3]

Historical information

For two months, ending on Christmas 1888, Gauguin and van Gogh lived together in Arles. Their stormy relationship cut short the partnership, and the period ultimately had little effect upon Gauguin's art.^[3] Despite the clashing of their strong personalities, it was quite a productive period for them both. Van Gogh avidly wished to form an artistic enclave in the area, a desire that led to some mutual accommodation. This was the first painting Gauguin made during those months, on a linen canvas van Gogh stretched for him. The setting was one of van Gogh's favorites, the plains of the Crau.^[4]

Acquisition

In February 1944, Mrs. Julian Bobbs purchased Landscape near Arles for the John Herron School of Art as a gift in memory of William Ray Adams, her first husband. The painting remained with the IMA during the division, and currently is on display in the Sidney and Kathy Taurel gallery. It has the acquisition number 44.10.^[4]

References

1 2 Day, Holliday T. (1988). Indianapolis Museum of Art Collections Handbook. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art. ISBN 0936260203.
↑ Lee, Ellen Wardwell; Robinson, Anne (2005). Indianapolis Museum of Art: Highlights of the Collection. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art. ISBN 0936260777.
1 2 "Landscape Near Arles". Gauguin Art. 25 Sep 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
1 2 "Landscape near Arles". Indianapolis Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

External links

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Decorative Arts	Angel of the Resurrection Coffee service High chest of drawers Portland Vase Side chair

European Painting and Sculpture to 1945	Aristotle Battle Between Carnival and Lent Breton Women at a Wall Broek in Waterland Charing Cross Bridge Crucifix Crucifixion Enclosed Field with Peasant Entry of Christ into Jerusalem Entry of Christ into Jerusalem House in Provence Landscape near Arles Ma Jolie Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Mary Magdalene Man and Woman Peasant with a Wheelbarrow Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well Roman Capriccio: The Pantheon and Other Monuments Self-Portrait Still Life with a Chinese Porcelain Jar Still Life with Profile of Laval The Banks of the Oise near Pontoise The Boy The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe The Country Dance The Crucifixion The Fifth Plague of Egypt The Flageolet Player on the Cliff The Flight into Egypt The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist The House of the Deaf Woman and the Belfry at Eragny The Negress The Seamstress The Triumphant Entry of Constantine into Rome The Two Sisters The Valkhof at Nijmegen Triptych of the Annunciation Vorhor, the Green Wave

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Paul Gauguin

Paintings	Still Life with Profile of Laval (1886) Vision after the Sermon (1888) The Painter of Sunflowers (1888) Landscape near Arles (1888) The Flageolet Player on the Cliff (1889) The Yellow Christ (1889) The Green Christ (1889) Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake (1889) Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut (1889) Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891) Vahine no te vi (1892) Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) (1892) Arearea (1892) Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892) When Will You Marry? (1892) Merahi metua no Tehamana (1893) Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897/1898) Two Tahitian Women (1899)

Other works	Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-Portrait (1889) Soyez amoureuses vous serez heureuses (wood panel, 1889) Oviri (ceramic sculpture, 1895)

Exhibitions	Les XX, 1889 The Volpini Exhibition, 1889

Public collections	Courtauld Institute of Art Hermitage Museum Musée d'Orsay Museum Folkwang Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Pushkin Museum

Friends and family	Émile Bernard Vincent van Gogh Meijer de Haan Charles Laval George-Daniel de Monfreid Camille Pissarro Émile Schuffenecker Flora Tristan (grandmother)

Art dealers	Theo van Gogh Ambroise Vollard

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