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GAUGUIN, Paul: Portrait of Madeleine Bernard

🖼 Portrait of Madeleine Bernard, 1888
Oil on canvas
72 × 58 cm
Grenoble, France

Soft brushwork renders Madeleine's contemplative face against muted tones, her gaze distant and introspective. Gauguin's sister-in-law became a symbolic figure of his evolving Symbolist style, blending psychological depth with simplified forms that challenged conventional portraiture.

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