Clovis gauguin asleep at the wheel
Asleep at the wheel band members!
Van Gogh Museum acquires Gauguin painting depicting his son
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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has acquired an important painting by Paul Gauguin, 'Clovis endormi,' which depicts his son Clovis.
Clovis gauguin asleep at the wheel
It dates from , the year Gauguin abandoned art associated with Impressionism to develop his new, original language.
Major purchase for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam , which is securing a work by Paul Gauguin (Paris, - Hiva Oa, ), Clovis endormi (“Sleeping Clovis”), from , a painting depicting Gauguin’s five-year-old son.
The work had gone to auction at Christie’s in London in October , with an estimate between £3 million and £5 million, but had found no buyers. Now, the painting has been purchased by the Dutch museum thanks to the support of the Vereniging R embrandt (Rembrandt Association), a fellowship that brings together 17, art enthusiasts from