The Yellow Christ by Paul Gauguin Business Card

The Yellow Christ (1889). Artist: Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). The Yellow Christ is a vintage post-impressionism fine art religious painting featuring a symbolic piece that shows the crucifixion of Christ taking place in nineteenth century northern France as Breton women are gathered in prayer. Gauguin relies heavily on bold lines to define his figures and reserves shading only for the women. The autumn palette of yellow, red and green in the landscape echoes the dominant yellow in the figure of Christ. The bold outlines and flatness of the forms in this painting are typical of the cloisonnist style. About the artist: Paul Gauguin was a leader in the Post-Impressionist movement which extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations. They continued using vivid colours, thick application of paint, distinctive brushstrokes and real-life subject matter, but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary colour.