This is one of the most popular picture painted by Gaugin , "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?". I first saw the painting in a ethical textbook and it impressed me very much. I came to want to know about it. So , I resarched it .

It was painted from 1897 to 1898. Gaugin gave many meanings to this picture. This painting means Human Life, the right side is the birth , the center is the growth ,the left side is death.

"This picture might not exceed my paintings I have ever painted, but I can not make picture that is greater than it . And,I like this picture."Gaugin says about it.

I think this is one of the most impressing picture I have ever seen.

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