Tahitian Idol—the Goddess Hina
1894/95
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink, over brush and solvent thinned and selectively applied ocher, reddish-orange and touches of green wax-and-resin-based media, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet: 15 × 12 cm (5 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60745
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 ...