One of benefits from living in Tokyo and its vicinity is to access various works of art.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo now holds an exhibition of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) , through July 3rd to Sept. 23rd this year.
This morning, I went to the museum to see his works , especially for his great masterpiece which was painted in Tahiti, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897-98), which represents the consolidation of what he was attempting to achieve through his art. His works have been collected from other museums, as on loan, which includes the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston which houses that master piece.
He inscribed the title in French in the left upper corner. The title was influenced by his mentor, the Bishop of Orléans, Félix-Antoine-Philibert, where the three fundamental questions in this catechism were: "Where does humanity come from?" "Where is it going to?", "How does humanity proceed?"
I was fortunate enough in this chance, since without going to Boston, I saw his soul there.
The soul is on an oil painted canvas of 139.1 cm × 374.6 cm (54.8 in × 147.5 in).
All the story was new to me, and very impressed.
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I saw this painting while I was in Boston, and it was overwhelming when you saw it in person. Don't we all wonder about the same fundamental questions? Many people think they have found the answers, and many more are still searching. For me, they are for now unanswerable questions, pending some kind of intervention. But hopefully my children and children's children would have better enlightenment.
Lynn
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