![]() ![]() In the case presented herein, the cane carved on its entire surface, we are immediately carried away to Polynesia. The result could be purely geometrical, anthropomorphic, even an allusion to the animal kingdom. Sometimes he sculpted only the knob while others he worked with the entire material. Just as any great walker, Gauguin began carving canes from his teen years. ![]() The fact that wood carving had a decorative, even practical value, did not prevent him from fully including it in his artistic production and feeling proud of it. He carved, modelled and engraved with the same care as he did in his other sculptures and paintings. Thus, he carried out numerous works of art on wood, for all types of use in Paris, Brittany as well as in Polynesia: clogs, jewellery, paper knives, flasks, daggers, benches, bookcases, wardrobes, bowls, spoons, frames, wine barrels and walking canes. Paul Gauguin had always been skilled with his hands, particularly being fond of working with wood using a knife. ![]()
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