Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
1894
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink, over a stenciled orange-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum)
Dimensions
Image/sheet: 20.4 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55320
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 ...