Ten Studies of Tahitian Figures
Paul Gauguin
1891/93
Medium
Brush and brown inks (originally purple), with watercolor, on parchment
Dimensions
24 × 31.4 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159075
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 ...