The blue roof or Farm at Le Pouldu
Paul Gauguin
France 1848-French Polynesia 1903
Le toit bleu or Ferme au Pouldu
(The blue roof or Farm at Le Pouldu) 1890
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of
the National Gallery of Australia Foundation 2024 2024.83
The images of peasant life, landscape and harvest scenes painted by Gauguin at Le Pouldu are some of the most radically simplified of his career. This picturesque scene of a country farmyard shows a woman at well, framed and almost subsumed by the buildings. Gauguin's varied brushstrokes evoke the rough stone, thatched roofs and surrounding vegetation. While the work has elements of a traditional landscape-the bands of sky, massed buildings and grassy foreground-the flattening of the scene and the rich patterns emphasise its decorative effects.
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The blue roof or Farm at Le Pouldu
Paul Gauguin
France 1848-French Polynesia 1903
Le toit bleu or Ferme au Pouldu
(The blue roof or Farm at Le Pouldu) 1890
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of
the National Gallery of Australia Foundation 2024 2024.83
The images of peasant life, landscape and harvest scenes painted by Gauguin at Le Pouldu are some of the most radically simplified of his career. This picturesque scene of a country farmyard shows a woman at well, framed and almost subsumed by the buildings. Gauguin's varied brushstrokes evoke the rough stone, thatched roofs and surrounding vegetation. While the work has elements of a traditional landscape-the bands of sky, massed buildings and grassy foreground-the flattening of the scene and the rich patterns emphasise its decorative effects.
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Use the QR code for more information about
this work, Gauguin's life and legacy