Gauguin's Pont-Aven period

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Gauguin's Pont-Aven period was a formative phase in Paul Gauguin’s career in the late 1880s in the Breton village of Pont-Aven, marked by bold color, synthetist style, and deeply symbolic, often religious imagery.

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Gauguin's Pont-Aven period canonical 1
Pont‑Aven period 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic period ⓘ
phase of Paul Gauguin's career ⓘ
artisticGoal expression of inner ideas rather than optical reality ⓘ
synthesis of form and color ⓘ
associatedWith Charles Laval ⓘ
Meijer de Haan ⓘ
Paul Sérusier ⓘ
Pont-Aven School ⓘ
Émile Bernard ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endTime 1889 ⓘ
followedBy Gauguin's Tahiti period ⓘ
follows Gauguin's Impressionist phase ⓘ
genre genre painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
hasCharacteristic bold color ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
symbolic imagery ⓘ
synthetist style ⓘ
hasPart development of Synthetism ⓘ
emphasis on inner vision over naturalism ⓘ
experimentation with flat color areas ⓘ
simplification of forms ⓘ
use of dark contour lines ⓘ
influenced Nabis group ⓘ
linked to: Les Nabis

Symbolism in painting ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
influencedBy Breton folk art ⓘ
Breton religious traditions ⓘ
Cloisonnism ⓘ
Japanese prints ⓘ
Émile Bernard ⓘ
locatedIn Brittany ⓘ
France ⓘ
Pont-Aven ⓘ
mainSubject Paul Gauguin ⓘ
movement Post-Impressionism ⓘ
Synthetism ⓘ
notableWork Breton Girls in a Pasture ⓘ
Breton Peasants ⓘ
Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake ⓘ
The Green Christ ⓘ
The Yellow Christ ⓘ
Vision after the Sermon ⓘ
partOf Paul Gauguin's artistic development ⓘ
startTime 1886 ⓘ
theme Breton peasant life ⓘ
Catholic devotion ⓘ
landscape ⓘ
spiritual symbolism ⓘ

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The Yellow Christ → partOf → Gauguin's Pont-Aven period ⓘ
Gauguin's Tahitian period → precededBy → Pont‑Aven period ⓘ
linked to: Gauguin's Pont-Aven period