Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
1893/94, printed 1941/42
Medium
Wood-block print, printed in black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.3 × 35.2 cm (8 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 40 cm (9 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45945
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 ...