Tahitian Girl in a Pink Pareu
Paul Gauguin
1894
Medium
Watercolor monotype from a paper matrix on cream laid paper
Dimensions
29.9 × 19.8 cm (11 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
monotype
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159082
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 ...