Self-portrait with hat

1893 · Painting · 46 × 38 cm

Peut-on la contempler ?

Inconnu

Paris, France

Le propriétaire est connu ; on ignore si l’œuvre est exposée aujourd’hui.

L'Autoportrait au chapeau est un tableau réalisé par Paul Gauguin à la suite de son voyage à Tahiti en 1892.

L'artiste se représente dans son atelier parisien.

1870s–1891 · Lieu de travail
Paris
1886–1891 · Lieu de travail
Pont-Aven
February 1891
Successful Auction at the Hôtel Drouot
A successful auction of paintings at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris in February 1891, aided by a glowing review from Octave Mirbeau, together with a banquet and a benefit concert, provided the funds for the journey to Tahiti.
1 April 1891
Departure for Tahiti
On 1 April 1891, after a final visit to his wife and children in Copenhagen, Gauguin sailed for Tahiti, intending to escape European civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional." He spent his first three months in Papeete, then set up a studio in a bamboo hut at Mataiea.
1891–1901 · Lieu de travail
Tahiti
28 June 1895
Final Departure for Oceania
On 28 June 1895 Gauguin sailed once more for Tahiti — Eugène Carrière arranged cheap passage for him — arriving in September; he never saw Europe again. He spent the next six years mostly near Papeete, building a spacious house at Punaauia.