Where Do We Come From?
The artist
Paul Gauguin, a French painter who loved bright colors and traveled far to find new places to paint.
What you see
A wide, dreamlike scene of people of all ages resting in a green island landscape, from a baby to an older person.
The story
Gauguin painted this large mural in 1897 while living on the island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean.
The style
He used flat areas of glowing color and simple shapes to give the whole scene a peaceful, storybook feeling.
Look closer
The full title asks three big questions in the corner: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
Where to see it
You can see it at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, United States.
Fun fact
The painting is meant to be read from right to left, following life from a newborn baby to old age.