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Post impressionism history!
Mahana no atuaWhere Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
1897–98 painting by Paul Gauguin
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (French: D'où venons-nous ?
Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?) is an 1897–98 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin.
Tahitian women on the beach
The painting was created in Tahiti and is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Viewed as a masterpiece by Gauguin, the painting is considered "a philosophical work comparable to the themes of the Gospels".[1]
The painting is notable for its enigmatic subject and atmosphere.
Some scholars have attributed these qualities to personal conflicts that Gauguin experienced while creating this artwork.[2] It is an accentuation of Gauguin's trailblazing Post-Impressionistic style.
Frizeau sold the painting around 1913 to Galerie Barbazanges, which sold it before 1920 to the Norwegian ship owner and art collector Jørgen Breder Stang [no].
He sold the painting via Alfred Go