id: 115961 accession number: 1936.660 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.660 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:30.494000 Emil Gauguin as a Child, Wearing a Collared Shirt, c. 1875–1876. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Black crayon ; sheet: 9.9 x 7.1 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1936.660 title: Emil Gauguin as a Child, Wearing a Collared Shirt title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1875–1876 creation date earliest: 1875 creation date latest: 1876 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: black crayon department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) - artist Gauguin spent the first seven years of his life with his mother and great uncle in Peru. In 1855 his mother took him back to France where he attended boarding school. He joined the merchant marine when he was seventeen and began traveling around South America. When Gauguin's mother died in 1868, Gustave Arosa, an art collector and photographer, became his legal guardian. Arosa's collection included works by Corot (q.v.), Courbet (q.v.), Delacroix (q.v.), and the Barbizon painters, and it was he who would encourage Gauguin to start painting. In 1872 Arosa found a job for Gauguin at a brokerage firm, giving him financial security. The following year he married a Danish woman, Mette Gad. Gauguin had already started painting and sculpting in his spare time and first exhibited at the Salon in 1876 with a landscape.1 He was asked by Pissarro (q.v.) and Degas (q.v.) to participate in the fourth impressionist exhibition in 1879, where from then on he would exhibit regularly. Durand-Ruel began purchasing his paintings, and in turn Gauguin started to collect the works of his colleagues, such as Manet (q.v.) and Renoir (q.v.) and, in particular, Cézanne (q.v.) and Pissarro. He went to Pontoise in 1882, where he painted with Cézanne and Pissarro, who along with Degas continued to influence him at this period. In 1883 Gauguin decided to become a full-time artist. In 1884 he moved with his wife and children to Rouen and then to Copenhagen, but he failed to earn a comfortable living. He returned to Paris in 1886 and met ceramicist Ernest Chaplet (1835-1909), who introduced him to his métier. Gauguin distanced himself from impressionism and in 1888 worked in Pont-Aven with Émile Bernard (1868-1941), who had been experimenting with creating compositions using flat areas of color and dark outlines (cloissonism). Gauguin also studied Japanese prints and Indonesian art. The impact of these influences is evident in Gauguin's Vision after the Sermon: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1888, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh), so far removed from his earlier impressionist style. Succumbing to van Gogh's (q.v.) many requests, Gauguin agreed to travel to Arles and paint with the artist; their characters, however, proved incompatible. Theo van Gogh, who worked for Boussod Valadon & Cie, would in the meantime sell Gauguin's work. For the next two years, Gauguin traveled often around Brittany. In search of a more pure and unspoiled culture, he auctioned off his paintings in 1891 in order to finance a journey to Tahiti. Upon his arrival, he was disappointed to find many expatriates and developed areas, yet he was still able to capture in his works an uncultivated spirit. He not only made paintings but also created bold woodcuts and sculptures and was an avid writer. Gauguin returned to France in 1893, where he was given a solo exhibition by Durand-Ruel that was not particularly successful. He decided to leave Europe again in 1895, moving to Tahiti and later to Hivaoa, a more remote island in the Marquesas. Because he abandoned naturalistic colors and used formal distortions in order to achieve expressive compositions, Gauguin's work became an inspiration for many subsequent artists. 1. Possibly Wildenstein 1964, no. 12. --- measurements: Sheet: 9.9 x 7.1 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: blue laid paper (faded to light brown) watermarks: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings opening date: 1937-10-06T05:00:00 Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6-31, 1937). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1940-07-11T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). title: French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections opening date: 1942-01-06T05:00:00 French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942). title: 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans opening date: 1943-06-22T04:00:00 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943). title: National Schools of Style opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00 National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983). title: Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland opening date: 1991-04-02T05:00:00 Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991). title: French Drawings from the Collection opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00 French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'All four drawings of Emil Gauguin as a Child: 36.658-661', 'opening_date': None} * {'description': 'CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).', 'opening_date': '1994-12-13T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Generous Donors: A Tribute to the Print Club of Cleveland (Apr. 2-Aug. 4, 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-04-02T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, National Schools of Style (June 14-Sep. 18, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-06-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "installed, Gallery IX" (June 15, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-06-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "French Prints and Drawings, Gallery XVI" (Feb. 29-Apr. 27, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-02-29T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings, Gallery XVI" (Mar. 14-June 15, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1955-03-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI" (Apr. 30-June 16, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-04-30T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings, Gallery XVI" (May 6-June 14, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-05-06T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Director\'s Corridor" (from June 30, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-06-30T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Director\'s Corridor) (May 14, 1946-...(still listed Aug. 8, 1947)).', 'opening_date': '1946-05-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Director\'s Corridor) (July 27, 1944-May 14, 1946).', 'opening_date': '1944-07-27T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Paintings and Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 14, 1943-Jan. 4, 1944).', 'opening_date': '1943-12-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Exhibition of French Art (June 22-Aug. 31, 1943).', 'opening_date': '1943-06-22T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections (among CMA drawings supplementing this show) (Jan. 6-Feb. 15, 1942).', 'opening_date': '1942-01-06T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 11-Oct. 3, 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-07-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings (Oct. 6-31, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1931-10-06T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Frederick Keppel & Co. date: footnotes: citations: Emil Gauguin (according to departmental card); [Frederick Keppel & Co.] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.660/1936.660_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.660/1936.660_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.660/1936.660_full.tif