Tag: Tahiti

Rue de Tahiti (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Rue de Tahiti (Street in Tahiti) 1891 Oil on canvas, 115.5 x 88.5 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The vibrant colors of Paul Gauguin’s painting express his intense reaction to the mysteries of the “new Eden” that…

Paysage tahitien (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage tahitien (Tahitian Landscape) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.95 x 92.39 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)

I Raro Te Oviri (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro Te Oviri (Under the Pandanus) 1891 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 91.44 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Second version: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro te Oviri 1891 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)

Parahi Te Marae (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae (The Sacred Mountain) 1892 Oil on canvas, 101 × 82.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi te marae c.1892 Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge     See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)

Te raau rahi (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te raau rahi (The Large Tree) 1891 Oil on fabric, 74 x 92.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gauguin positions four women in a friezelike sequence seeking shelter under the dark green leaves of a large tree…

Femme tahitienne (c.1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femme tahitienne (Tahitian Woman) c.1894 Charcoal and pastel on paper, mounted on millboard, 54.9 x 49.5 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In 1890 Paul Gauguin wrote of his attraction to the French colony of Tahiti in a manner…

Nevermore (1897)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)

Haere Pape (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Haere Pape 1892 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 67.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more “primitive” way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology…

Trois femmes tahitiennes (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Trois femmes tahitiennes (Three Tahitian Women) 1896 Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 43.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This panel once carried a note by the artist: “To the unknown collector of my works, Greetings—…