The Talisman - Paul Sérusier (1888)

Paul Sérusier sojourned in Pont-Aven during the summer of 1888, as Paul Gauguin, whose advice he followed. On his returning to Paris, he showed his young fellow painters, the future “Nabis” (“prophets” in Hebrew), what was to become their “Talisman”. A close observation of the painting allows one to recognise...