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Femmes de Tahiti, ou Sur la plage (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes de Tahiti, ou Sur la plage (Tahitian Women on the Beach) 1891 Oil on canvas, 69 x 91.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris In 1891, Gauguin went to Tahiti, an island he imagined to be a primitive paradise. The…

Le Christ jaune (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.34 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo The Symbolists, who emerged during the 1880s, were weary of modern society and sought escape from reality. They began to…

Conversione di San Paolo (1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600 Oil on cypress wood, 237 x 189 cm Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600–1601 Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma