Why it matters
Gauguin painted The Call in the Marquesas, a year before his death. The pose of the woman on the right, with her outstretched hand, refers to a frieze from the Parthenon.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1902.
- It is in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Gauguin died in the Marquesas in 1903.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Call (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
