Tahitian Women Bathing
Paul Gauguin
1892
Medium
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions
43 1/4 × 35 1/4 in. (109.9 × 89.5 cm) Framed: 55 1/8 × 46 7/16 in. (140 × 118 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.179
Tags
Female NudesBathing
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 ...