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Paul Gauguin captured the wife of the local postman during his famously turbulent nine-week stay with Vincent van Gogh in Arles. Notice how her face glows with an unnatural, yellowish-green hue, contrasting sharply with her deep green dress and the bold, flat colors of the background. Rather than aiming for strict realism, Gauguin used heavy outlines and simplified shapes—a technique called Cloisonnism—to express emotion over accuracy. While Van Gogh also painted Madame Roulin multiple times, Gauguin’s version feels almost like a stained-glass window, hinting at the Symbolist movement that would soon define his career.
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