To what extent is the title of Gauguin's great testament applicable to all works of art?
Do these three very big questions lie at the heart of serious work in any discipline?
Paul Gauguin: D'ou venons nous? Que sommes nous? D'ou allons nous? (Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?) 1897-98. Oil on sackcloth. Museum of Fine Art. Boston.
