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Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,767
G1
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 60 x 79 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch
$425
G2
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 75 x 114 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 44.9 x 0.6 inch
$548
Portée Disparue
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 162 x 114 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch
$6,708
Les Randonneurs
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 114 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,708
Late Night Conversation
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,019
Cueillette de coton
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,683
From my campervan to the Sea
Peter de Boer
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,348
Man discovers emptywave
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,019
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,472
Foxes by moonlight
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,590
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,689
Forest | Trees | Blossom
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 210 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 82.7 x 0.2 inch
$4,248
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,590
Cabin close to the ocean
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,261
The Ethereal Canopy
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$391
The cabin I want to be at
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,493
Elles n'ont pas d'épines
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,706
Daft punk surfers paradise
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,820
Avez-vous vu l'oiseau de Jérôme ?
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$329
Countryside and fields
Trayko Popov
Painting - 61.5 x 159 x 0.2 cm Painting - 24.2 x 62.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,460
Blossom | Mountain | Trees
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$553
M4
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
$212
M3
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
$212
Butterfly | Flowers | Blue
Trayko Popov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$503
Valley, Lake & Coconut Trees
Jean Adrien Seide
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Painting - 40 x 60 inch
$6,500
Cae la Noche Tropical
Fabrica de Estampas
Print - 55 x 48 x 1 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$168
Le Personnel est Politique
Fabrica de Estampas
Print - 50 x 45 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$168
Yo soy porque nosotras somos
Fabrica de Estampas
Print - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$168
Rising from the Depths
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,012
Petite soirée avec Koons et Gaga
Julien Calot
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,248
Tropical Style
When artist Paul Gauguin arrived in Papeete in June 1891, his romantic image of Tahiti as an untouched landscape, a paradise derived in part from Pierre Loti's novel Le Mariage de Loti (1880). What is worth noting is that Gauguin was actually disappointed by the extent to which French colonization had corrupted everyday life in Tahiti. He subsequently attempted to immerse himself in what he believed were the authentic aspects of the culture. By later including Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics, he displayed what is referred to in Western art as Primitivism. Typically borrowed from non-Western or prehistoric people perceived to be “primitive", the likes of Gauguin and Henri Rousseau borrowed from subject matter deemed exotic or indeed tropical such as in Rousseau's In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908–1909).
Despite non-Western art being important to the development of modern art, Primitivism has often been critiqued for reproducing racist stereotypes. Now, it can be argued then that the canon is no longer entirely Western-centric and tropical style art movement has been later depicted by the African artworks of Roger Djiguemde and also Ana Maria Dias who hails from Brazil. Further implementing the importance of this art style despite how exotic its setting.