Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? - Art Prints Elephant Paintings are reminiscent of works by

are reminiscent of works by Cézanne

1 possesses an extraordinary emotional rawness

He admired this older French painter for his rich colour palette and thick application of paint

or shapes borrowed from violins

'the usual unpremeditated events of the everyday'

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? - Art Prints Elephant Paintings are reminiscent of works by"Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" by French artist Paul Gauguin was his largest painting which was made in 1897 which he regarded as his masterpiece and final artistic testament. According to Gauguin the fresco like painting should be read from right to left, beginning with the sleeping infant. He describes the various figures as pondering the questions of human existence given in the title; the blue idol represents The Beyond.