'Paris, 1889' recreated in Cleveland

  • November 22, 2009 16:20

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Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven, 1888. Oil on canvas; 73 x 92.7 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 1983.1.19. Image courtesy the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

When Paul Gauguin's work was rejected from the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, he was insulted. So he contacted Volpini, the owner of Cafe des Arts next to the Exposition grounds and organized a group exhibition there, a seminal point in Gauguin's career. The Cleveland Museum of Art is now showing "Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889," a landmark exhibit about that exhibit, complete with 100 works by Gauguin and his contemporaries shown against cafe tables and wallpaper...

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