Paul Gauguin · 1889
The Green Christ (Breton Calvary)
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A Breton woman in a red cap and blue shawl sits in front of a green-tinted stone calvary, where the body of Christ is held by three Marys, while a black lamb pushes into the corner. Behind her a pink-sand dune runs down to a dark sea. Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Up to 12 × 15.2 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of The Green Christ (Breton Calvary)
Gauguin painted this canvas (92 by 73 cm) in November 1889 while living in Pont-Aven in Brittany. The setting recalls the Atlantic coast at Le Pouldu, but the calvary is a composite: the cross comes from the Névez calvary and the figure of Christ from the one at Briec. He used green and other non-naturalistic colours to convey human suffering.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential practitioner of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms. While only moderately successful during his lifetime, Gauguin has since been recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism.
All Paul Gauguin prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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