Arlésiennes (Mistral)

Museum record 19339: Arlésiennes (Mistral) by Paul Gauguin. A verified entry point for discovery.

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During the winter of 1888, Paul Gauguin spent a troubled two months with Vincent van Gogh in the southern French city of Arles. He painted the enigmatic Arlésiennes (Mistral) during this stay. The painters’ time together was intended to be the beginning of an artist’s colony, but their relationship grew increasingly tense, and Van Gogh’s mental health deteriorated. Set directly across the street from the house they shared, the painting depicts four women somberly processing through a public garden. The s…