Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic
Coming and Going, Martinique
Gauguin’s short but intense stay in Martinique with his friend Charles Laval in the 1880s marked a turning point in his career as a painter. During this first travel experience the lush tropical setting and the charm of the native population spurred the development of Gauguin’s particular painterly language.
Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) Coming and Going, Martinique (Allées et venues)
- Oil on canvas. 72.5 x 92 cm.
- Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on deposit at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Spain