Charles Laval

Charles Laval, Self Portrait, 1888, oil on canvas, 50 × 60 cm Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam

Charles Laval (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl laval]; 17 March 1862 – 27 April 1894) was a French painter associated with the Synthetic movement and Pont-Aven School.

Laval was born in Paris, and was a contemporary and friend of Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh. Gauguin created a portrait of him in 1886 looking at one of Gauguin's ceramic sculptures, entitled Still Life with Profile of Laval.[1]

  1. ^ Still Life with Profile of Laval, Indianapolis Museum of Art Retrieved April 6, 2011,