Haystacks In Brittany by Paul Gauguin Material:400g Cotton Canvas It is a composition built

It is a composition built on reflection — both literal

It brings a scholarly

its grid of annotations and relief markings forming an unintentional but compelling abstract pattern

layered brushwork that defines Impressionism at its most assured

almost faded quality that speaks to its age and origin

Haystacks In Brittany by Paul Gauguin Material:400g Cotton Canvas It is a composition builtHaystacks In Brittany belongs to Gauguin's Pre Tahitian work, painted during his time in the French countryside before his departure for the South Pacific. The haystacks anchor the composition with solid, rounded mass while the surrounding fields are handled in broad, unblended strokes of ochre and green. There is a flatness to the colour a move away from Impressionist shimmer toward the bold, simplified forms that would define his later work. The sky