Students examine Paul Gauguin's self-portraits and letters to explore the individual who created them. They consider how first-person art forms aid the process of self-discovery and produce a symbolic self-portrait

This is the home page of the Fine Art Museum in Basel, Switzerland. You can browse through the artworks in the collection online. Among the paintings on exhibit are ones by such renowned artists as Picasso, Gauguin, Monet, and Van Gogh....

This site offers paintings by famous artists with some information about each of them, followed by a language arts lesson. They include the following: Van Gogh (reflexive pronouns), Seurat (-ight), Gauguin (-ou), Chagall (opposites),...

Students will examine Paul Gauguin's self-portraits and letters to learn about the individual who created them and consider how first-person art forms (self-portraits, diaries, letters, journals) aid the process of self-discovery. Then,...

An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Paul Gauguin in 1889 (Oil on wood, 79 x 51 cm).

An image of "Breton Eve", created by Paul Gauguin in 1889 (Watercolour and pastel, 337 x 318 mm).

An image of "The Yellow Christ", created by Paul Gauguin in 1889 (Watercolour, 152 x 121 mm).

An image of "Mimi and Her Cat", created by Paul Gauguin in 1890 (Gouache on cardboard, 18 x 16 cm).

An image of "Woman in front of a Still-Life by Cezanne", created by Paul Gauguin in 1890 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 55 cm).

An image of "Breton Peasant Woman with Cows", created by Paul Gauguin in 1890 (Watercolour, 254 x 319 mm).

An image of "Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)", created by Paul Gauguin in 1891 (Oil on canvas, 114 x 88 cm).

An image of "Street in Tahiti", created by Paul Gauguin in 1891 (Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm).