Village in Martinique (Femmes et Chevre dans le village)

In 1887, Gauguin and Charles Laval went to Panama, and then to Martinique, searching for a warm, healthy climate and a cheap place to live a natural, "savage" life. Residing during the summer in a cabin like those depicted here, they created works that have sometimes been misattributed. This painting is definitely by Gauguin: it depicts images – such as the goat suckling under this specific tree, …