Paul Gauguin

(French, 1848–1903)

Room Paintings holds 34 paintings by Paul Gauguin, from the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Met and the Cleveland Museum of Art. They date from 1880 to 1903. We file all of them under Post-Impressionism. The most common subjects are women, landscapes and forests and trees. 27 of them suit a room in our lists, most often the apartment or dorm and living room.

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The 27 paintings

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin, 1891, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891 The Met

Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence.

Paul Gauguin Arlésiennes (Mistral), 1888 Art Institute of Chicago

A young girl with medium skin wears a striking dress of black and white stripes with a short lace collar. Behind her is backdrop featuring symbols and native figures. Mangos sit beside her.

Paul Gauguin Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana), 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Te raau rahi (The Big Tree), Paul Gauguin, 1891, oil on jute canvas

Paul Gauguin Te raau rahi (The Big Tree), 1891 Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, Paul Gauguin, 1880, oil on linen canvas

Paul Gauguin Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, 1880 Art Institute of Chicago

No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?), Paul Gauguin, 1896, oil on jute canvas

Paul Gauguin No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?), 1896 Art Institute of Chicago

Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, 1890, oil on linen canvas

Paul Gauguin Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne, 1890 Art Institute of Chicago

Polynesian Woman with Children, Paul Gauguin, 1901, oil on linen canvas

Paul Gauguin Polynesian Woman with Children, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree), Paul Gauguin, 1892, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree), 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

In the Waves (Dans les Vagues), Paul Gauguin, 1889, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin In the Waves (Dans les Vagues), 1889 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a woman from the chest up, with her head slightly turned to the right. She has fair skin, red lips, and brown hair in an updo.

Paul Gauguin Madame Alexandre Kohler, 1887/1888 National Gallery of Art

A waterway flanked by low banks curves away from us in front of a band of rolling hills in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. The water is created with wide strokes of white, ice blue, or the muted jewel tones of the hills.

Paul Gauguin Brittany Landscape, 1888 National Gallery of Art

A dark-haired, disembodied head of a haloed man with pale, peach skin floats against a red and yellow background in this vertical portrait.

Paul Gauguin Self-Portrait, 1889 National Gallery of Art

Three light-skinned girls hold hands to create a loose ring with their arms extended, in a grassy field in this horizontal painting. All three girls wear white headdresses, ankle-length, long-sleeved dresses, and clogs.

Paul Gauguin Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven, 1888 National Gallery of Art

We look across rolling, bright green pastures and honey-brown farmland to a cluster of buildings nestled beyond a copse of trees, along the horizon in this horizontal, stylized landscape painting.

Paul Gauguin Landscape at Le Pouldu, 1890 National Gallery of Art

Painted in muted lime green, plum purple, buttercup yellow, slate and royal blue, the head and shoulders of a man with peach-colored skin sitting in front of a window looks at us in this stylized, vertical portrait.

Paul Gauguin Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889 National Gallery of Art

About a dozen ruby-red and bright pink peonies in a gold and green vase sit on a rumpled cloth in this loosely painted, horizontal still life.

Paul Gauguin Still Life with Peonies, 1884 National Gallery of Art

Still Life with Teapot and Fruit, Paul Gauguin, 1896, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Still Life with Teapot and Fruit, 1896 The Met

Tahitian Landscape, Paul Gauguin, 1892, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Tahitian Landscape, 1892 The Met

The Large Tree, Paul Gauguin, 1891, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin The Large Tree, 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Farm in Brittany, Paul Gauguin, ca. 1894, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin A Farm in Brittany, ca. 1894 The Met

Two Women, Paul Gauguin, 1901 or 1902, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Two Women, 1901 or 1902 The Met

A nude woman with brown skin and long black hair stands to our right against a landscape swirling with jewel-toned greens, pinks, and purples while a man, also with brown skin, sits under a tree behind her in this stylized vertical…

Paul Gauguin Parau na te Varua ino (Words of the Devil), 1892 National Gallery of Art

Five women, all with brown skin, sit and stand in a landscape painted with tones of emerald green, mauve pink, lilac and plum purple, and cobalt blue in this horizontal composition.

Paul Gauguin The Invocation, 1903 National Gallery of Art

The Siesta, Paul Gauguin, ca. 1892–94, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin The Siesta, ca. 1892–94 The Met

We look out onto a landscape with tawny-brown haystacks and trees among a patchwork of moss, lime, mint, and pine-green fields in this stylized, horizontal painting. The scene is painted with mostly flat areas of color.

Paul Gauguin Haystacks in Brittany, 1890 National Gallery of Art

The Call, Paul Gauguin, 1902, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin The Call, 1902 Cleveland Museum of Art

Show all works (7 more: nudes or violent scenes)

Our room, color and style lists leave these out. They are public domain like the rest.

Brightly colored painting of a medium-skinned nude woman sitting on pink sand with her feet in a multicolored body of water, flanked by two nude figures resting in the fetal position.

Paul Gauguin Mahana no atua (Day of the God), 1894 Art Institute of Chicago

Two Tahitian Women, Paul Gauguin, 1899, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Two Tahitian Women, 1899 The Met

Three Tahitian Women, Paul Gauguin, 1896, oil on wood

Paul Gauguin Three Tahitian Women, 1896 The Met

Tahitian Women Bathing, Paul Gauguin, 1892, oil on paper, laid down on canvas

Paul Gauguin Tahitian Women Bathing, 1892 The Met

Four young women with olive-green-colored skin shaded with cool blue stand or sit in a vividly colored landscape surrounded by trees in this horizontal painting. A slender, spruce-blue tree divides the picture just to our left of center.

Paul Gauguin The Bathers, 1897 National Gallery of Art

Two nude women with brown skin and long black hair stand with their backs to us at a riverbank in this stylized horizontal painting.

Paul Gauguin Fatata te Miti (By the Sea), 1892 National Gallery of Art

Four young women with medium brown skin sit or stand on a pumpkin-orange ground in this horizontal painting. The women are divided into pairs by a broad, gold, undulating brushstroke running down the middle of the ground they occupy.

Paul Gauguin Te Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters), 1898 National Gallery of Art