# Arlésiennes (Mistral) **Paul Gauguin** (French, 1848–1903) 1888 Oil on jute canvas 73 × 92 cm (28 3/4 × 36 3/16 in.); Framed: 97.5 × 116.6 × 8 cm (38 3/8 × 45 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.) Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1934.391. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19339). ## About this work One of 17 canvases that Paul Gauguin completed during a brief and tumultuous visit with Vincent van Gogh in Arles, this powerful and enigmatic painting depicts the public garden directly across from Van Gogh’s house. The painting's large, flat areas of color, arbitrary handling of space, and enigmatic silhouettes exemplify the deliberateness with which Gauguin sought visual harmony and symbolism in his work. _Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._ Paul Gauguin painted this in 1888, aged 40. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago. ### What you’re looking at Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence. _Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._ ### How it was made - **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled. ### [Paul Gauguin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/paul-gauguin) French, 1848–1903; born in Paris; died in Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands Gauguin worked as a Paris stockbroker and collected the Impressionists before taking up painting full time in the 1880s, showing in the last five Impressionist exhibitions. At Pont-Aven in Brittany he developed a style of flat colour and bold outline, and in 1888 he spent nine turbulent weeks with Van Gogh in Arles. Seeking a simpler world, he sailed for Tahiti in 1891 and spent most of his remaining years in French Polynesia, dying in the Marquesas. _Written by Ochre Editions._ ## Facts - Type: Painting - Culture: France - The artist was 40 - Real size: about 29 × 36 in (73 × 92 cm). The 24 × 36 in print is close to life size. - Century: 19th century - Movement: [Post-Impressionism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/post-impressionism) - Subjects: women, blue (color), red (color), fences, paths, water, foliage, bushes - Colour: olive - Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose. ## Get it - Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/73.jpg?dl=1 - Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/73/1920.jpg - Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148 - Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338 - Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228 - Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5 Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arlesiennes-mistral-aic-19339).