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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artisticStyle Cloisonnism
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
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
landmark of Post-Impressionist painting
genre religious painting
hasColorCharacteristic non-naturalistic color scheme
hasPerspectiveCharacteristic tilted ground plane
hasTheme religious vision
spiritual experience after a sermon
iconography Christian symbolism
inception 1888
influencedBy Cloisonné enamel
Japanese prints
languageOfTitle French
location National Galleries of Scotland
surface form: Scottish National Gallery
locationOfCreation Pont-Aven
mainSubject Jacob
angel
materialUsed oil paint
movement Post-Impressionism
notableFeature bold use of flat areas of color
dark tree trunk diagonally crossing the canvas
simplified forms
strong red background field
symbolic composition
ownedBy National Galleries of Scotland
partOf Pont-Aven School
surface form: Pont-Aven period of Paul Gauguin
significantEvent marks Gauguin's move toward symbolic, non-naturalistic color
surface canvas
title Vision After the Sermon self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Vision après le sermon

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this entity surface form: La Vision du sermon
Post-Impressionism hasKeyWork Vision After the Sermon
Post-Impressionism hasKeyWork Vision After the Sermon
this entity surface form: The Vision of the Sermon
Cloisonnism hasNotableWork Vision After the Sermon
Paul Gauguin notableWork Vision After the Sermon
Synthetism notableWorkExample Vision After the Sermon
this entity surface form: Vision after the Sermon
Vision After the Sermon title Vision After the Sermon self-link
Vision After the Sermon title Vision After the Sermon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La Vision après le sermon