In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle Symbolically

Symbolically

Vermeer has only three known paintings of Delft

and a large book

and the plants frame the sailboats in the harbor

and yellows gives a sense of movement to the water and the sky

In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle SymbolicallyIn the Waves (1889, Dans les Vagues) by Paul Gauguin was created during his time in a small coastal village called Pont Aven where he sought to immerse himself in nature and escape modern civilization. It depicts a nude figure throwing herself into the sea, a metaphor for forsaking the civilized and giving herself to the natural world. Exhibited in 1889, this representation helped establish Gauguin as a leader of the emerging Symbolist movement.