Hina
Paul Gauguin
1891–93
Medium
Rubbing in brown on ivory tissue taken from a cylindrical wooden carving
Dimensions
Image: 34.6 × 20 cm (13 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 36.9 × 26.3 cm (14 9/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76704
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...