Paul Gauguin – "Women of Tahiti" or "On the Beach" – 1891
It was in April 1891 when Paul Gauguin set sail for Tahiti. He had just broken up with his Danish wife and was in search of something new and vibrant that could inform his painting. He thought he might find it in faraway Tahiti. He was forty three years old.
The painting shown above was created a couple of months after his arrival. Two Polynesian women are sitting on the beach with Pacific Ocean rollers behind them. The woman on the right appears to be weaving strands of coconut palm. The two figures seem somehow separate, distant from each other. It is a quiet, reflective moment without words.
In 1892, Gauguin painted a very similar canvas which is titled "Parau Api". It was as if this particular composition had remained with him and required further exploration.
During his life, Gauguin befriended Vincent van Gogh and was also close to Pissaro and Degas. The long sojourn in Tahiti cemented his position in the history of art. The style he developed there and his original use of colour influenced a number of important artists who came after him - including Picasso.
in May 1903, Gauguin died on Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands. He was 54 years old. Like Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin was also a paedophile. Living in eastern Polynesia in the last years of the nineteenth century allowed him to pursue his unwholesome attraction to pubescent girls with minimal constraint. At his death he was almost certainly syphilitic, his general health ruined. Should this negate his art? I am not sure.
from Yorkshire Pudding https://ift.tt/3FxZAtl
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق