Homage to Gauguin is an allusion da Vinci’s Last Supper. Instead of Jesus, Gauguin is seated (third from right) with his friends and admirers. A picnic feast ought to be jolly, but these picnickers are solemn and unhappy. The images and colors all related to Gauguin’s paintings and palette, though worked in a more garish Fauvist style. The painting shown at the 1913 New York Armory is now obscure. Girieud is on the left, holding a plate of food. The picnic menu is vegetarian, with a selection of apples, grapes, pears, peaches, and wine. There are no meats.
Featured Image: Pierre Giriued. Hommage á Gauguin (1906), gouache on paper. Musée de Beaux Artes Pont-Aven, France