Vaches au repos

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In 1884 Gauguin gave up his well paid job in Paris to become a full time artist. He settled in Normandy where, on the advice of his art dealer, he began to paint Impressionist landscapes. The shipping magnate D.G. van Beuningen acquired this painting, with cows at a watering place, in 1933.

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Title	Vaches au repos
Material and technique	Oil on canvas
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 80 cm Height 64 cm
Artists	Painter: Paul Gauguin
Accession number	2605 (MK)
Credits	Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1958
Creation date	in 1885
Collector	Collector / D.G. van Beuningen
Internal exhibitions	Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Lievelingen (2024)
External exhibitions	Vive l' impressionisme! Topstukken uit Nederlandse collecties. (2024) À la campagne: het Franse licht van Maris tot Monet (2022)
Material	Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	France > Western Europe > Europe

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