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The Yellow Christ

History, Religious and Mythological Paintings

The Yellow Christ is a painting made by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven. Together with The Green Christ, it is considered one of the key works of Symbolism among the symbolic, mythological paintings of that era. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1889 CE 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Buffalo AKG Art Museum 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 1
Connections

Created By

Paul Gauguin, Artists
Source The Yellow Christ (Wikipedia)

In Form

Painting, Art Forms
Source The Yellow Christ (Wikipedia)

In Genre

Painting, Art Forms

Entity-backed identity for the genre enum value this work already carries, resolved to an arts art-form by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The genre fact itself, with its own citation, stays on the work unchanged.

Sources
1. The Yellow Christ (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, first paragraph
    The Yellow Christ (in French: Le Christ jaune) is a painting executed by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven. Together with The Green Christ, it is considered to be one of the key works of Symbolism in symbolic mythological paintings of the older era as represented by Symbolism.
  • Genre reference
    The Yellow Christ is a painting made by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven.
  • In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
    The Yellow Christ (in French: Le Christ jaune) is a painting executed by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven. Together with The Green Christ, it is considered to be one of the key works of Symbolism in symbolic mythological painting
  • Created By: Paul Gauguin, lead paragraph
    The Yellow Christ (in French: Le Christ jaune) is a painting executed by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven. Together with The Green Christ, it is considered to be one of the key works of Symbolism in symbolic mythological painting
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