Haystacks In Brittany by Paul Gauguin Material:400g Cotton Canvas Seven birds are arranged against

Seven birds are arranged against a rich red ground in a manner that echoes Kōrin's flattened

irreversible mark that Matisse described as 'drawing with scissors

graphic elements add a contemporary frame without competing for attention

the atmospheric colour shifting around it

using tonal contrast to articulate depth and silence

Haystacks In Brittany by Paul Gauguin Material:400g Cotton Canvas Seven birds are arranged againstHaystacks In Brittany belongs to Gauguin's Pre Tahitian work, painted during his time in the French countryside before his departure for the South Pacific. The haystacks anchor the composition with solid, rounded mass while the surrounding fields are handled in broad, unblended strokes of ochre and green. There is a flatness to the colour a move away from Impressionist shimmer toward the bold, simplified forms that would define his later work. The sky