Where Do We Come From?
TITLE: “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”
ARTIST: Paul Gauguin
DATE: 1897
WHY WE CHOSE IT:
“I believe that this canvas not only surpasses all my preceding ones, but that I shall never do anything better - or even like it.” —Paul Gauguin on “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”
French Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 8, 1903) was born 164 years ago today.
SOURCE: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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