Tahitian Landscape
Paul Gauguin
1892
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 3/8 x 18 5/8 in. (64.5 x 47.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1939
Accession Number
39.182
Tags
MenWomenHorsesLandscapes
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 ...