Emil Gauguin as a Child, Right Hand Forward
c. 1875-1876
Paul Gauguin sketched his young son Emil around 1875, capturing a quiet, sleepy moment with soft, smudged lines that feel almost like a whisper on paper. This tender drawing comes from a time when Gauguin was still a successful stockbroker and family man, years before he famously abandoned everything to paint in Tahiti. The gentle, unfinished quality of the portrait hints at the emotional depth he would later explore in his Symbolist masterpieces, making it a rare, intimate look at the artist's early life.
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