Les Alyscamps
1888 Musée d'Orsay
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts the Alyscamps, a Roman necropolis in Arles, France, featuring a canal, tall poplar trees, and the church of Saint-Honorat des Alyscamps. The work was created during the period when Gauguin lived and worked alongside Vincent van Gogh in Arles.
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Gauguin painted this piece during his famous and tumultuous stay in Arles with Vincent van Gogh, where the two artists frequently painted the same motifs. The Alyscamps, an ancient Roman burial ground that had become a popular local promenade, served as a key point of artistic exchange between the two painters as they attempted to establish an 'Artist's Studio in the South.'
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Les Alyscamps
Paul Gauguin, 1888
