"Paul Gauguin - Paul Cézanne"

The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation joins forces with the National Gallery in London and borrows two unique works from its Collection, on display at the first floor of the Foundation's Museum in Athens until January 2025.

Paul Gauguin painted his Still Life with vase in 1896, a few months after his arrival in Tahiti. The painting has been placed next to his work Still life with Grapefruit, that is part of the B&E Goulandris Foundation’s permanent Collection, which Gauguin painted approximately five years later after he had left Tahiti for the Marquise Islands. The study of still life had always interested Gauguin and these two works, quite similar in terms of size, admirably illustrate his ability to combine his earlier influences and his mastery of composition with an even more simplistic, colour-dominated approach.

Paul Cézanne painted his Landscape with poplars between 1885 and 1887, at approximately the same time as his Self-Portrait, a work from the Foundation’s permanent Collection next to which it has been placed. It depicts a typical, summertime Provence landscape and it is very interesting to compare it to Cézanne ‘s Landscape of Auvers-sur-Oise that is on display in the next hall.

The B&E Goulandris Foundation has designed a 30-minute thematic guided tour, to give Greek audiences an in-depth view of the two National Gallery works and help them understand how these paintings are related to the permanent Collection works next to which they have been placed. The guided tour will be taking place every Saturday and Sunday in November, 16.00-16.30.

"Paul Gauguin - Paul Cézanne"

Thematic guided tour on the occasion of the two National Gallery works on display at the B&E Goulandris Foundation (in Greek)

Every Saturday & Sunday from November 2 to November 24 | 16.00-16.30

Cost of participation
General admission and guided tour | 16€
Concession ticket and guided tour | 14€
Free admission and guided tour | 5€

* Participants are advised to be at the Museum 15’ before the tour starts.

Group & Private Guided Tours

The B&E Goulandris Foundation also provides custom group or private guided tours by prior arrangement.
Guided tours can take place both within and outside opening hours and for any number of persons, at the corresponding price.

Book your guided tour in advance. Contact us at +30 210 72 52 895 or at tours@goulandris.gr