#brittany

Art the community tagged “brittany” — see what people make of it.

Erisava Staff 2d ago

The Yellow Christ by Paul Gauguin, 1889

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Nudity

The Yellow Christ

Buffalo AKG Art Museum · wikidata.org

Public domain

Apparently the cross here is modelled on a carved wooden one from a small local chapel, repainted bright yellow and dropped into a working field with the women dressed the way locals actually did back then.

Erisava Staff 3d ago

Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin, 1888

Vision After the Sermon

National Galleries Scotland · wikidata.org

Public domain

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.