The Beautiful Angel

The Beautiful Angel (La Belle Angèle) is an 1889 painting by Paul Gauguin, now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[1] Its title derives from a nickname for its subject, Angélique Marie Satre (1868-1932) - she was one of three famous innkeepers in Pont-Aven, where the work was produced. Its style is heavily influenced by the 'Japonism' then fashionable in Paris, particularly by a canvas by Hokusai.[2]

The Beautiful Angel (1889) by Paul Gauguin

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References
  1. "Catalogue entry".
  2. (in French) Estelle Guille des Buttes and Patricia Plaud-Dilhuit, Bretagne Japon 2012. Un archipel d'expositions, Quimper, Palantines, February 2012, 159 p. (ISBN 2356780629), page 27
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