Gauguin’s Process: Making Wood-Block Prints

This video from the exhibition “Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist” breaks down Gauguin’s process for making wood-block prints step by step. Follow along to discover how the artist carved and printed blocks to make works like those in the Noa Noa Suite.

To delve deeper into Gauguin’s processes, visit the online publication Gauguin: 繪畫, 雕塑, and Graphic Works at the Art Institute of Chicago, available at www.artic.edu/digitalgauguin.