Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

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painting

"Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" is a monumental late-19th-century painting by Paul Gauguin that symbolically explores the stages of human life and existential questions through a vivid, dreamlike Tahitian scene.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
artist Paul Gauguin ⓘ
artworkSurface sackcloth ⓘ
collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ
colorPalette vivid colors ⓘ
commissionedBy none (painted on Gauguin's own initiative) ⓘ
completionDate 1898 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Paul Gauguin ⓘ
creatorCountry France ⓘ
depictionLocation Tahiti ⓘ
depicts Polynesian landscape ⓘ
Tahitian figures ⓘ
adulthood ⓘ
existential questions ⓘ
infancy ⓘ
old age ⓘ
stages of human life ⓘ
genre symbolist painting ⓘ
hasPart crouching figure picking fruit ⓘ
group of women with child ⓘ
idol-like blue figure ⓘ
old woman at right ⓘ
height 139.1 cm ⓘ
inception 1897 ⓘ
inscription the title painted in the upper left corner ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ
locationOfCreation Tahiti ⓘ
mainSubject human existence ⓘ
life and death ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ
origin of humanity ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Post-Impressionism ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
originalTitle Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: D'où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?
significance considered one of Gauguin's masterpieces ⓘ
major work of Post-Impressionism ⓘ
style decorative outlines ⓘ
dreamlike composition ⓘ
flattened forms ⓘ
surface burlap ⓘ
theme colonial encounter ⓘ
primitivism in art ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
width 374.6 cm ⓘ

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this entity surface form: D'où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?