Hungary’s Museum of fine arts unpacks major Gauguin painting
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Staff at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, unpacked a painting by Paul Gauguin that arrived on loan from the Museum Ordrupgaard near Copenhagen, Denmark.
The artwork, Portrait of a Young Girl. Vaïte (Jeanne) Goupil, created in 1896, will be featured in an exhibition opening on October 30. The exhibition will explore Gauguin’s artistic and intellectual environment, his search for creative direction, and his influence on modern art.
Altogether, visitors will be able to view 150 works, including 80 created by Gauguin himself. Nearly 40 institutions contributed loans to the show, among them The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Gauguin returned to Tahiti in 1895, seeking a world he considered more authentic than European traditions. He aimed to create a painting style where color, form, and symbolism took precedence over realistic depiction.
Vaïte (Jeanne) Goupil depicts Jeanne Goupil, the nine-year-old daughter of a French family living in Tahiti, wearing a brown missionary dress and seated in a chair. The painting combines traditional portraiture with a symbolic and decorative style. The exhibition will remain open until the end of February.
