Moonrise over the Sea - Posters Type:Poster Gauguin commonly inscribed his paintings

Gauguin commonly inscribed his paintings in Tahitian at this time: he was fascinated by the language

inside Kristiania Fjord

He had rented a cottage in the gardens so that he be could closer to the Moulin de la Galette where he was engaged in painting Bal du moulin de la Galette

and brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna

Moonrise over the Sea - Posters Type:Poster Gauguin commonly inscribed his paintingsLike its companion piece, the evening picture of the diptych was painted in 1822. In Moonrise on the Seashore Friedrich took up one of his favorite themes. In the reflected light of the night sky, it is as though the surface of the water begins to glow all of its own accord, taking up the light of heaven, as it were. Clouds have come up and the round shape of the full moon is half hidden behind the banks of cloud at the horizon. This means that the