The Yellow Christ

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painting post-Impressionist painting religious painting

The Yellow Christ is an 1889 post-Impressionist painting by Paul Gauguin that depicts a stylized crucifixion scene in vivid yellow tones, exemplifying his Symbolist and Synthetist approach.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Le Christ jaune 1
The Yellow Christ (design influence) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
post-Impressionist painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
artist Paul Gauguin ⓘ
artisticApproach Symbolist ⓘ
Synthetist ⓘ
cataloguedAs one of Gauguin's major religious works ⓘ
cityOfCurrentLocation Buffalo ⓘ
collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo AKG Art Museum
completionDate 1889 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
createdIn Pont-Aven ⓘ
creator Paul Gauguin ⓘ
depicts Breton women ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
landscape of Brittany ⓘ
dimensionType rectangular format ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
crucifixion scene ⓘ
hasVersion The Green Christ ⓘ
inception 1889 ⓘ
influencedBy Breton folk piety ⓘ
Cloisonnism ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location Albright-Knox Art Gallery ⓘ
mainColor yellow ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Post-Impressionism ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
Synthetism ⓘ
notableFor bold outlines ⓘ
flattened forms ⓘ
symbolic color use ⓘ
vivid yellow tones ⓘ
originalTitle The Yellow Christ self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Le Christ jaune
partOf Gauguin's Pont-Aven period ⓘ
stateOfCurrentLocation New York ⓘ
style stylized ⓘ
subjectMatter Christianity ⓘ
religion ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
title The Yellow Christ self-link ⓘ
year 1889 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Gauguin → notableWork → The Yellow Christ ⓘ
Émile Bernard → notableWork → The Yellow Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yellow Christ (design influence)
Synthetism → notableWorkExample → The Yellow Christ ⓘ
The Yellow Christ → originalTitle → The Yellow Christ self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Christ jaune
The Yellow Christ → title → The Yellow Christ self-link ⓘ