Paul Gauguin
The family apartment after the birth of their first child, and the setting of Paul Gauguin's 1875 painting of Mette asleep on a sofa.
54 rue de Chaillot
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The apartment Paul Gauguin and Mette Gad took after the birth of their first child — an expensive address near the Arc de Triomphe, and the setting of his 1875 portrait of his sleeping wife.
- 54 rue de Chaillot, 75116 Paris
- A Gauguin family apartment in the mid-1870s
The place, briefly
After the birth of their son Émile, Paul Gauguin and Mette Gad moved to the rue de Chaillot, in the wealthy western quarter near the Arc de Triomphe. He was still at the Bourse and the address reflects it.
The 1875 painting of Mette asleep on a sofa was made in this apartment. It is a domestic picture by a man with a job, and there is nothing in it to suggest the Marquesas.
The number is not separately mapped, so the pin marks the street.
Key facts
- The mid-1870s, after their first child was born
- Mette Asleep on a Sofa (1875)
- Chaillot, near the Arc de Triomphe
- Street-level record; private building
Timeline
Gauguin paints Mette asleep on a sofa in the apartment.
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Questions before you go
Where did Gauguin paint Mette Asleep on a Sofa?
In the family's apartment on the rue de Chaillot, in 1875, while he was still working at the Bourse.
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