Te Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters)
Paul Gauguin
1898
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 74 × 95.3 cm (29 1/8 × 37 1/2 in.) framed: 90.8 × 111.4 × 7.62 cm (35 3/4 × 43 7/8 × 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1973.68.2
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 ...