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Gauguin sets a vivid yellow crucifix in a Breton autumn landscape, with peasant women praying calmly at its foot. Flat colour, bold outlines and rural piety mark his break from Impressionism toward Symbolism. The unnatural hues carry the feeling.
The Yellow Christ
- Date1889
- MovementPost-Impressionism
- WhereAlbright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
- RegionUnited States