Maori Woman in the Forest
1894/95
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink manipulated with brush and solvent, on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image/primary/secondary support: 22.1 × 13.1 cm (8 3/4 × 5 3/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63073
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 ...