Paul Gauguin: "Agony in the Garden".

Paul Gauguin's "Agony in the Garden" was painted in 1889 at a pivotal point in his career, while living among the peasants in Le Pouldu, Brittany. The piece is displayed upon the works of other European painters and is painted in oil on canvas, measuring 28 by 36 inches. Paul Gauguin's pieces can be refereed to the paintings of Post Impressionist's. Not satisfied with the spontaneous painting of the Impressionist's, Post Impressionist's returned to careful compositions, the deliberate …

…is a beautiful painting capturing a painful betrayal in life. Works Cited: (1) Hall, James. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols. New York: Harper and Row, 1974. pg.11 (2) Huret, Jules. Paul Gauguin devant ses tableaux . De Paris, 1891. pg.256 (3) Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art 7th edition. NY Longman Publishers, 2003. pg.35 (4) Laff, Janice. "The meaning of blue." E-mail to Jeanette Gonzalez. Fall 2005. (5) Zuffi, Stefano. Dictionary of Painters From A to Z. New York: Barnes And Noble , 2004.