Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

Painting · 1897–1898 · Punaauia, Tahiti · Oceania

A frieze of life from birth to death, painted in Tahiti as the artist's testament

Author: Paul Gauguin
Style: Post-Impressionism — After Impressionism: colour and form serve structure, symbol and emotion, not the passing moment
Century: 19th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

1893 The Scream — Edvard Munch · Expressionism · Kristiania (Oslo)
1889 The Starry Night — Vincent van Gogh · Post-Impressionism · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
1907–1908 The Kiss — Gustav Klimt · Art Nouveau · Vienna
1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — Pablo Picasso · Cubism · Paris, Bateau-Lavoir
1915 Black Square — Kazimir Malevich · Russian avant-garde · Moscow
1872 Impression, Sunrise — Claude Monet · Impressionism · Le Havre
1922–1931 Christ the Redeemer — Paul Landowski, Heitor da Silva Costa · Art Deco · Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
1897–1898 Secession Building — Joseph Maria Olbrich · Art Nouveau · Vienna