Gauguin: Tahitian Women


The French postimpressionist painter Paul Gauguin revitalized his art by directly experiencing a primitive culture. This portrait, Tahitian Women (1891), was painted during his first year in Tahiti. Despite the exotic dress and setting, the heavy, monumental forms of these women reveal Gauguin's classical heritage.
 (Corbis/Archivo Iconografico, S. A.)

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"Gauguin: Tahitian Women," Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier, Inc., 2001. <http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/gme_bp?assetid=az368&assettype=p> (May 20, 2001).