In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle although only five prints are

although only five prints are known to exist

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

He insisted that his paintings were straightforward representations of the real world

Vermeer has only three known paintings of Delft

In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle although only five prints areIn 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.