Paul Gauguin - Vision After the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), 1888
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In this episode, we zoom in on Paul Gauguin’s painting Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) painted in 1888 and displayed in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. We will discuss how Gauguin steered away from representation of objective reality and moved towards expression of inner personal vision.
Artworks mentioned:
Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), 1888, oil on canvas, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897-1898, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Rembrandt, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, c.1659, oil on canvas, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Eugène Delacroix, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1854-1861, mural, Chapel of the Holy Angels in the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris