In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle bought for 400 francs by

bought for 400 francs by Anna Boch (1848-1936)

although only five prints are known to exist

he made on small wood panels

and one of his most celebrated masterpieces

Vermeer has only three known paintings of Delft

In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle bought for 400 francs byIn the Waves (1889, Dans les Vagues) by Paul Gauguin was created during his time in a small coastal village called Pont Aven where he sought to immerse himself in nature and escape modern civilization. It depicts a nude figure throwing herself into the sea, a metaphor for forsaking the civilized and giving herself to the natural world. Exhibited in 1889, this representation helped establish Gauguin as a leader of the emerging Symbolist movement.