In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Art Print dogs and the influence of Japanese

and the influence of Japanese wood-block prints

a civic guard

standing on a wolf skin with a lily in her hand

Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer) by Casper David Friedrich is possibly a self-portrait

there was a drama in each figure I’m tempted to say

In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Art Print dogs and the influence of JapaneseIn the Waves (1889, Dans les Vagues) by Paul Gauguin was created during his time in a small coastal village called Pont Aven where he sought to immerse himself in nature and escape modern civilization. It depicts a nude figure throwing herself into the sea, a metaphor for forsaking the civilized and giving herself to the natural world. Exhibited in 1889, this representation helped establish Gauguin as a leader of the emerging Symbolist movement.