The painting entitled The Breton Shepherdess painted by Paul Gauguin. This important portrait was one of the first pictures that the French artist Paul Gauguin painted in Pont Aven, on the coast of Brittany in France. The small village attracted artists due to the picturesque dress and folk customs of the Breton people. The picture was painted at a turning point in Gauguins work. Buy this as a framed art print, canvas art print or art poster.