In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle Vermeer has only three known

Vermeer has only three known paintings of Delft

he made on small wood panels

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

and yellows gives a sense of movement to the water and the sky

In the Waves ☵ Gauguin ☷ Canvas jungle Vermeer has only three knownIn 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.