The appreciation of Gauguin's Where Are We From is: "This painting implies that it is unfolding in the tropical jungle. There is a Tahiti picking wild fruit in the middle, which may imply that Adam is picking the fruit of wisdom. On his right is a woman with a child. In the distance, two women in robes are talking enthusiastically. The little girl, young woman and old woman on his left may symbolize three different stages of life. There is a mysterious idol in the background, with some characteristics of Indian gods. From the perspective of color and composition, it feels like an ancient primitive legend, and such a title adds to the mystery of the work. "

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In this painting, there are three lines of French in the yellow area in the upper left corner, which translates as: Where are we from? Who Are We? Where are we going? The same yellow area in the upper right corner is Gauguin's signature, and both yellow areas are painted with flowers, which shows that Gauguin's paintings are full of decorative interest.

Life and death have always been a difficult problem for human beings. In the lower right corner of the picture, there is a sleeping child and three elderly women sitting together, symbolizing the birth of a person. The baby in the lower left corner is an old man with white hair and a sad expression, next to a red-billed bird. The old man symbolizes human aging and death.

In the picture, the man with a white cloth around his waist raises his hands to pick the fruit from the tree, which symbolizes the fruit picked by Adam at the beginning of Genesis and indicates the original sin of all mankind. At the same time, the man divides the picture into two parts, between life and death, which is the middle process of life and belongs to the most prosperous period. He connects life and death, and connects the whole life state of babies and old people.

Behind the man is a woman with her back to her, and there are two women coming from a dream. They are like ghosts and people in dreams, which shows that Gauguin believes in the mysterious thing of soul. There are also various animals in the picture, including cows, sheep, dogs, cats and chickens.

About the author:

Paul gauguin was born in Paris to a journalist father and a Peruvian mother. The young Gauguin was a sailor, and his exotic atmosphere was deeply left in his memory, which influenced his later painting creation. Gauguin didn't really embark on the art road until he was 30 years old. Influenced by pissarro, he participated in many impressionist exhibitions.

After 1888, Gauguin's works began to show some subjective fantasy, symbolic and decorative styles. Most of Gauguin's most important works in his life were completed in Tahiti. The primitive customs and tropical natural environment are the contents of these works. Gauguin also married a Tahitian girl. From her, he learned many local myths and religious customs, which were reflected in his works.