
Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven
The story
Breton girls in white headdresses and black dresses dance a folk dance in the open air. Gauguin watched them and made sketches in the summer of 1888, then painted this back in the studio. One of the first major figure paintings of his new style.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Year
- 1888
- Period
- Impressionist
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share