Lilacs, Paul Gauguin, 1885
Paul Gauguin, portraitPaul GauguinFrench, 1848–1903

Lilacs

1885 · Painting · 34.9 × 27 cm

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Where is “Lilacs” now? Collection: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Unknown.

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

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Accession number
(CTB.2000.4)

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Sources

  • Wikidata
  • Image: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza — Paul Gauguin · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the life of Paul Gauguin

The whole life
  1. 1870s–1891 · Workplace

    Paris

  2. 1883

    Becomes a Professional Artist

    From 1883 Gauguin was a professional artist: he gave up his work as a broker and devoted all his time to painting.

  3. 1884 – April 1885 · Residence

    Frederiksberg

  4. 1884–1885

    Break with His Family

    In 1884 Gauguin moved with his family to Copenhagen, where he worked for a time as a broker; after he devoted himself entirely to painting, his wife, left without means, abandoned him, taking their five children. In 1885 he returned to Paris with his son Clovis and spent his first winter in real poverty.

  5. April 1885 · Residence

    Nørregade

  6. summer 1886

    First Summer in Pont-Aven, Meeting Laval

    Gauguin spent the summer of 1886 in the artists' colony of Pont-Aven in Brittany, drawn there by the cheapness of life; he enjoyed unexpected success among the young artists and met Charles Laval, his future companion on the journey to Panama and Martinique.

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