Back of Gauguin's studio, Pont Aven
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
1864-1950
Title
Back of Gauguin's studio, Pont Aven
Date of Production
1886
Medium
medium : material : oil; support : material : canvas
Dimensions
Height: 46 cm (canvas)
Width: 69 cm (canvas)
Width: 69 cm (canvas)
Object Number
P.2000.XX.6
Mode of Acquisition
Vea Black, gift, 2000
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
The Scottish painter Hartrick spent some months in 1886 working in Pont-Aven, an artists’ colony in Brittany. He later published a lively account of his meetings with Gauguin there. He exhibited this view of the back of Gauguin’s studio under the title Breton Laundry at the Paris Salon in 1887.
Many British painters visited Pont-Aven. Like most of them, Hartrick was profoundly indebted to Jules-Bastien Lepage, who specialised in rustic outdoor genre scenes.
Many British painters visited Pont-Aven. Like most of them, Hartrick was profoundly indebted to Jules-Bastien Lepage, who specialised in rustic outdoor genre scenes.
Provenance
Gift from Miss Vea Black 2000
Exhibition History
Paul Gauguin - The Vision of the Sermon, National Gallery of Scotland & Edinburgh, 06/07/2005-02/10/2005
English Painters in Brittany, Musée de Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France, 26/06/2004-27/09/2004
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