The Beautiful Angel

The Beautiful Angel
ArtistPaul Gauguin
Year1889
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions92 cm × 73 cm (36 in × 29 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

The Beautiful Angel (La Belle Angèle) is an 1889 painting by Paul Gauguin, now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[1] Its title derives from a nickname for its subject, Angélique Marie Satre (1868-1932). She was one of three famous innkeepers in Pont-Aven, where the work was produced. Its style is heavily influenced by the 'Japonism' then fashionable in Paris, particularly by a canvas by Hokusai.[2]

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  1. ^ "Catalogue entry". Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  2. ^ (in French) Estelle Guille des Buttes and Patricia Plaud-Dilhuit, Bretagne Japon 2012. Un archipel d'expositions, Quimper, Palantines, February 2012, 159 p. (ISBN 2356780629), page 27