The Flageolet Player on the Cliff [SEP] collection
The Flageolet Player on the Cliff
The Flageolet Player on the Cliff is an 1889 oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts a Breton couple on a narrow path precipitously overlooking the Atlantic.
Description.
"The Flageolet Player on the Cliff" is a panoramic view of a rugged patch of shoreline in Brittany, viewed from a dizzying overhead perspective. The unusual point of view and brilliant patchwork of colors make the painting somewhat challenging
such as the 1820 watercolor, "Rosslyn Castle". The collection, which was formed by a substantial donation by philanthropist Kurt Pantzer in 1979, includes over fifty watercolors, as well as oil paintings, prints, and etchings.
The European collection, which is organized into works before 1800 and works from 1800–1945, includes highlights such as "Aristotle" by Jusepe de Ribera and "The Flageolet Player on the Cliff" by Paul Gauguin. Rembrandt's "Self-Portrait" is part of the Clowes Fund Collection,