Paul Gauguin | The Washerwomen in Arles, 1888

Paul Gauguin | The Washerwomen Arles, 1888 | MoMA The washerwoman has a perpetual appeal to the senses, as Paul Gauguin mixes the oils to a texture that compliments nature with the trees in olive instead of a darker green, the soil a musty brown and the water stretching out like a giant hand to demonstrate the women’s toil.The painting is called Les Laveuses à Arles I (La Roubine du Roi), translated as Washerwomen at the Roubine du Roi Arles and currently gracing the walls at Museum of Modern Art in New York City. ... Read more .. »
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