Why it matters
Gauguin imagines himself as Jean Valjean from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, in front of a yellow flowered wall with a portrait of Émile Bernard. Van Gogh had asked them to exchange portraits.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1888 in Pont-Aven.
- Its pendant is Bernard's self-portrait with a portrait of Gauguin.
- Both are in the Van Gogh Museum.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Autoportrait avec le portrait de Bernard (CC BY-SA 4.0).
