The artist's close friend, Emile Bernard, claimed that the idea for this painting was stolen from one of his own earlier works, which depicts women in a meadow.
In a letter, this work's creator insisted that the landscape and the central action of this painting "existed only in the imagi- nation," which is why both are depicted unnaturally and disproportionately. The artist's close friend, Emile Bernard, claimed that the idea for this painting was stolen from one of his own earlier works, which depicts women in a meadow. Inspired by Vincent van Gogh's copy of Hiroshige's Plum Trees, the artist chose to insert a large diagonal tree trunk that juts across much of this work's action. This painting, which was made while its artist was in Pont-Aven, represents agrarian life with a cow who is moving in the red landscape. It depicts a group of religious devotees wearing black clothing and white bonnets contemplating a story from Genesis. For 10 points, name this painting which depicts Breton women in the foreground and Jacob wrestling with the Angel in the background, and was created by Paul Gauguin.
In a letter, this work's creator insisted that the landscape and the central action of this painting "existed only in the imagi- nation," which is why both are depicted unnaturally and disproportionately.
Vision after the Sermon [or Jacob Wrestling with the Angel until "Jacob" is read]