Tahitianas gauguin biography
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Tahitian Women on the Beach
1891 painting by Paul Gauguin
| Tahitian Women on the Beach | |
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| Artist | Paul Gauguin |
| Year | 1891 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 69 cm × 91 cm (27.2 in × 35.8 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
Tahitian Women on the Beach (French: Femmes de Tahiti) is an oil painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin.[1] Depicting two Tahitian women, this piece is one of a series of works completed by Gauguin during his first stay on the Pacific island chain. Enamored by the environment and people of the islands and their separation from European cultural and aesthetic attitudes, Gauguin portrays two figures shrouded in the mystery and symbolism of Tahiti's paradise.[2]
The painting is currently in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, located in Paris, France.[1]
Context
[edit]The painting was constructed towards the conclusion of the artist's first trip to Tahiti (
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The Way to Paradise bygd Mario Vargas Llosa trans Natasha Wimmer
12-9-2003
PAUL GAUGUIN
(1848 - 1903)
April 26, 2003
Gauguin's Pacific sanctuary
He came here to die, but the Marquesa islands are celebrating his life, says Jill Hartley
On Thursday, May 8, a surreal procession of tattooed horsemen and Breton women in national dress will lead a Paul Gauguin lookalike in a primitive wooden carriage to the beach in Atuona, capital of the French Polynesian Marquesa islands, the furthest archipelago from landfall on the planet. For it is here, on this date 100 years ago, that the famed French painter died aged 54, a syphilitic alcoholic. After becoming disillusioned with the colonial medelklass in Tahiti, he chose to spend his gods two years in virtual exile on Hiva Oa, one of ten little-known Pacific islands. The hundraårsdag of his death fryst vatten an excuse to celebrate his life’s work. This year sees major retrospective exhibiti • Paul Gauguin in 10 PaintingsPaul Gauguin is a revolutionary and savage in the art of the late 19th century, an artist rejected by society. A man who quit his job at the stock exchange and left his family in Europe, traveling to Tahiti in order to devote his life to art. His name is associated with Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Synthetism. His work influenced the development of the avant-garde: Cubism and Expressionism. In his paintings, Gauguin combined Christian themes with Pagan rituals and filled his art with deep meaning. You will learn about his creative path in 10 significant paintings by the artist.
1. Study of a Nude, or Suzanne SewingPaul Gauguin was born into the family of a political journalist and a feminist. He spent his childhood in Peru and his youth on a ship in navigation. That background would leave an imprint on the formation of the art |