Tag: Tahitian

Atiti (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Atiti 1892 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 24.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Atiti on his deathbed In 1891 Paul Gauguin moves to Tahiti. There he becomes friends with his neighbours, the Suhas family. He feels particularly close to…

Paysage tahitien (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage tahitien (Tahitian Landscape) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.95 x 92.39 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, 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 Art, Minneapolis Second version: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro te Oviri 1891 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     See also: • Tahiti (French…

Manaò tupapaú (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching) 1892 Oil on jute mounted on canvas, 73.02 x 92.39 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1891, after many years without commercial success in France, Paul Gauguin traveled to the…

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…

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…

La Sieste (c.1892-1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Sieste (The Siesta) c.1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The unaffected grace and communal ease of Tahitian women impressed Gauguin enormously. The artist worked on this painting over…

Tahiti (French Polynesia)

Tahiti in art: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Dans la vanillère, homme et cheval 1891 Guggenheim Museum, New York     Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes de Tahiti, ou Sur la plage 1891 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro te Oviri I 1891 Minneapolis…