Self-Portrait ☷ Gauguin ☰ Canvas sunset It is interpreted as an

It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation

with the French Riviera and sailboats visible in the background

Gray Weather (1907

and white clouds swirling in the sky

It depicts the industrialization of the port at Monet's hometown of Le Havre

Self-Portrait ☷ Gauguin ☰ Canvas sunset It is interpreted as anSelf Portrait with Halo and Snake (1889) by Paul Gauguin is one of more than 40 self portraits he completed during his lifetime. This portrait demonstrates his use of religious symbolism, and the influence of Japanese wood block prints. Gauguin divides the canvas in half, possibly to portray himself as both saint and sinner. He depicts himself with a halo above his head, apples hanging beside him, holding a snake, with flowers in the foreground.