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- Title
Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen): Paul Gauguin.
- Authors
Smith, Jeanette M
- Abstract
The article presents the author's views on the works of French post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, with specific reference to his painting Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen). It is opined that Gauguin's tableaus of the tropics tended to have a reflective mood suggesting musings about human existence and the perplexities of life.
- Subjects
FRANCE; ART history; HOLIDAYS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELEBRITIES; CHRISTIANITY; HISTORY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2015, Vol 314, Issue 24, p2602
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2014.12161