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Paul Gauguin — Be in Love and You Will Be Happy
Paul Gauguin

Be in Love and You Will Be Happy

1898

Philosophical inscription and carved imagery combine in this late woodcut that encapsulates Gauguin's belief in art's power to transcend conventional morality and social constraints.

Medium
woodcut

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Paul Gauguin, Be in Love and You Will Be Happy, 1898

Philosophical inscription and carved imagery combine in this late woodcut that encapsulates Gauguin's belief in art's power to transcend conventional morality and social constraints.

Medium
woodcut
Year
1898
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French, Post-Impressionism, Late 19th Century, Decorative, Woodcut, Narrative, Expressionist, Mythological, Symbolist, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums