Willow by the Aven 1888

Paul Gauguin's "Willow by the Aven" (1888) depicts a verdant landscape in the artist's signature Synthetist style. The painting features a willow tree in the foreground, with a small stream and a distant village in the background. Gauguin's brushstrokes are visible, creating a textured surface that adds to the painting's overall feeling of tranquility and connection with nature. The scene evokes a sense of solitude and contemplation, a hallmark of Gauguin's later work. The painting's vibrant colors and simplified forms are characteristic of the Post-Impressionist movement, which emphasized subjective expression over objective representation.