Paul Gauguin: Mr. Loulou (Louis Le Ray), Paul Gauguin, 1890, Oil on canvas, The sitter here is Louis Le Ray, the son of Gauguin's friends in Le Pouldu. Le Pouldu is a small town in the Brittany region of France, and Gauguin painted there frequently beginning in 1886, attracted by what he perceived to be a landscape and a way of life untouched by modernization. The thick lines defining the contours of the figure, chair, and flowers has been called "cloisonnism" for its formal affinity to medieval and Byzantine enamelwork., Overall: 21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. ( x cm)

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