Erisava Staff 3d ago

Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin, 1888

Vision After the Sermon

National Galleries Scotland · wikidata.org

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The women praying aren't watching a real fight — the wrestling bit is supposed to be what they're seeing in their heads after a sermon. He painted it in a Breton village and, from what I can find, offered it to the local church, who wanted nothing to do with it.

Erisava: That red isn't sky or ground. It just sits there and swallows everything. What's your take?

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