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The Yellow Christ (in French: Le Christ jaune) is a painting executed by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven. Together with The Green Christ, it is considered to be one of the key works of Symbolism in painting.

The Crucifix of Trémalo, Pont-Aven, an anonymous wood sculpture, 189 x 133 cm
The Crucifix of Trémalo, Pont-Aven, an anonymous wood sculpture, 189 x 133 cm
The Yellow Christ
ArtistPaul Gauguin
Year1889
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions91.1 cm × 73.4 cm (35.9 in × 28.9 in)
LocationAlbright-Knox Art Gallery

Gauguin first visited Pont-Aven in 1886. He returned to the village in early 1888 to stay until mid-October, when he left to join Vincent van Gogh in Arles, for little more than two months. Early in 1889, Gauguin was back to Pont-Aven to stay there until spring 1890. It was only for a short visit in summer 1889 to Paris to see the Exposition universelle and to arrange the Volpini Exhibition that Gauguin interrupted this sojourn. Soon after his return to Pont-Aven he painted The Yellow Christ.

The painting is a symbolic piece that shows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ taking place in 19th-century northern France as Breton women are gathered in prayer. Gauguin relies heavily on bold lines to define his figures and reserves shading only for the women. The autumn palette of yellow, red and green in the landscape echoes the dominant yellow in the figure of Christ. The bold outlines and flatness of the forms in this painting are typical of the cloisonnist style.

A study for The Yellow Christ in pencil is preserved in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, and a version in watercolor is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Elizabeth F. Chapman.[1]

Self-portrait with the Yellow Christ (Autoportrait au Christ jaune), 1890–1891, by Paul Gauguin, oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, depicts the painting reversed, mirrored.
Self-portrait with the Yellow Christ (Autoportrait au Christ jaune), 1890–1891, by Paul Gauguin, oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, depicts the painting reversed, "mirrored".

Notes


  1. "Art Institute of Chicago". Retrieved 19 July 2014.

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На других языках

- [en] The Yellow Christ

[es] El Cristo amarillo

El Cristo amarillo (en francés Le Christ jaune) es un cuadro pintado por Paul Gauguin en septiembre de 1889 en Pont-Aven (Bretaña), o bien acabado más tarde el mismo año en Le Pouldu. Se conoce por la referencia núm. 327 del catálogo de Wildenstein.

[fr] Le Christ jaune

Le Christ jaune est un tableau réalisé par Paul Gauguin en 1889 à Pont-Aven (Finistère). Avec Le Christ vert, c'est une œuvre majeure du symbolisme[1].

[it] Il Cristo giallo

Il Cristo giallo (Le Christ jaune) è un dipinto del pittore francese Paul Gauguin, realizzato nel 1889 e conservato alla Albright-Knox Art Gallery di Buffalo.

[ru] Жёлтый Христос

«Жёлтый Христос» (фр. Le Christ jaune) — полотно Поля Гогена. Художник создал картину в бретонском Понт-Авене осенью 1889 года. Наряду с «Зелёным Христом»[nl] Гогена считается одним из ключевых произведений в символизме.


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