Vision After the Sermon
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Vision After the Sermon is an 1888 painting by Paul Gauguin that depicts Breton women witnessing Jacob wrestling with an angel, exemplifying his bold use of color and symbolic, Post-Impressionist style.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Vision après le sermon | 1 |
| La Vision du sermon | 1 |
| The Vision of the Sermon | 1 |
| Vision after the Sermon | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
Cloisonnism
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synthetism ⓘ |
| basedOn | Biblical story of Jacob wrestling with the angel ⓘ |
| collection | National Galleries of Scotland ⓘ |
| costumeDepicted | traditional Breton dress ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Paul Gauguin ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| cultureDepicted | Breton culture ⓘ |
| depicts |
Breton women
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The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) ⓘ
surface form:
Jacob wrestling with the angel
biblical scene ⓘ cow ⓘ praying women ⓘ tree trunk dividing composition ⓘ |
| depictsTime | moment after a sermon ⓘ |
| describedAs |
key work of early Symbolism
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landmark of Post-Impressionist painting ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| hasColorCharacteristic | non-naturalistic color scheme ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveCharacteristic | tilted ground plane ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
religious vision
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spiritual experience after a sermon ⓘ |
| iconography | Christian symbolism ⓘ |
| inception | 1888 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cloisonné enamel
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Japanese prints ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| location |
National Galleries of Scotland
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surface form:
Scottish National Gallery
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| locationOfCreation | Pont-Aven ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jacob
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angel ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bold use of flat areas of color
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dark tree trunk diagonally crossing the canvas ⓘ simplified forms ⓘ strong red background field ⓘ symbolic composition ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Galleries of Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pont-Aven School
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surface form:
Pont-Aven period of Paul Gauguin
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| significantEvent | marks Gauguin's move toward symbolic, non-naturalistic color ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
Vision After the Sermon
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La Vision après le sermon
Vision After the Sermon self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
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alternativeTitle
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Vision After the Sermon
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this entity surface form:
La Vision du sermon
this entity surface form:
The Vision of the Sermon
this entity surface form:
Vision after the Sermon
this entity surface form:
La Vision après le sermon