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  • Title: Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen)
  • Creator Lifespan: 1848 - 1903
  • Creator Nationality: French
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Date Created: 1902-1903
  • Type: oil paintings
  • Rights: Samuel Josefowitz Collection of the School of Pont-Aven, through the generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc., the Josefowitz Family, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cornelius, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Betley, Lori and Dan Efroymson, and other Friends of the Museum
  • External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/8826
  • Medium: oil on canvas
  • wall label: This enigmatic view of a winter night in Brittany is a fascinating blend of the imagery Gauguin found so compelling. The steeple and cottages are based on sites in Pont-Aven, yet the women wear the dark headdresses of Le Pouldu. The oxen derive from Egyptian motifs, while the figures in the Breton nativity shrine were inspired by a Javanese frieze. Gauguin may have begun this canvas during his last Pont-Aven visit in 1894, but it was probably finished in the South Seas, where memories of Brittany still colored his work.
  • measurements: 27 15/16 x 32 1/2 in.
  • More Info: http://www.artbabble.org/video/ima/gauguin-and-generation-1890s
  • Artist: Gauguin, Paul

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