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Paul Gauguin - Other direction of art

Gauguin worked in wood throughout his career, particularly during his most prolific periods, and is known for having achieved radical carving results before doing so with painting. Even in his earliest shows, Gauguin often included wood sculpture in his display, from which he built his reputation as a connoisseur of the so-called primitive. A number of his early carvings appear to be influenced by Gothic and Egyptian art. In correspondence, he also asserts a passion for Cambodian art and the masterful colouring of Persian carpet and Oriental rug.

Tehura 1891	The Rape of Europa 1898 24x23x4cm Woodblock Boston Museum of Fine Arts	Be In Love and You Will Be Happy 1889 95x72x6cm Carved and painted linden wood Boston Museum of Fine Arts	Cabeza de muchacha 1894 15x26x18cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Gauguin's severed head 1889 Tate Gallery London	Idol with shell 1892 wood carving Musée d'Orsay Paris	Soyez Mysterieuses 1890 woodcut From the MOMA exhibit, Gauguin	Scene of Worship with Head of Hina in Profile from the relief ensemble Pape moe. Mysterious Water 1894

Paul Gauguin's rifle butt	Objet 1894 34cm terre cuite, rehauts peints Musée d'Orsay, Paris	Oviri. Sauvage 1894 75cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris	Earthly Paradise 1888 101x120x60cm Pine and oak sideboard Art Institute of Chicago
Pere Paillard 1902 67x18x20cm painted miro wood National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA	Eve 1890 60x27x27cm glazed ceramic National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA	Pair of Wooden Shoes 1890 12x32x11cm polychromed oak, leather, and iron nails National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA	Vessel with Women and Goats 1888 20x11x11cm Stoneware Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Walking Stick with a female nude and a Breton sabot on the handle 1889