Tropical Style

Print, Recanto, Cajuca

Recanto

Cajuca

Print - 59.4 x 42 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$600

Painting, El castillo, Luis Alvarado

El castillo

Luis Alvarado

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$676

Painting, Red Beach, Trayko Popov

Red Beach

Trayko Popov

Painting - 99.1 x 85.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39 x 33.5 x 0.2 inch

$2,620

Painting, Waterfall in Quiet Forest, Trayko Popov

Waterfall in Quiet Forest

Trayko Popov

Painting - 99.1 x 85.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39 x 33.5 x 0.2 inch

$2,620

Painting, Marathon sur la piste aérienne, Rodolpho Tamanini Netto

Marathon sur la piste aérienne

Rodolpho Tamanini Netto

Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$3,155

Painting, Invisible Void, Poonam Choudhary

Invisible Void

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch

$1,000 $850

Painting, Your Absence, Poonam Choudhary

Your Absence

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch

$2,000 $1,700

Painting, Facing the sun, Poonam Choudhary

Facing the sun

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch

$1,200 $1,020

Painting, Unending Dreams, Poonam Choudhary

Unending Dreams

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 2 inch

$950 $713

Painting, Lost somewhere, Poonam Choudhary

Lost somewhere

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch

$990 $743

Painting, Sans Titre No°1, Jean-Marc Teillon

Sans Titre No°1

Jean-Marc Teillon

Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$6,761

Painting, Having so much inside, Poonam Choudhary

Having so much inside

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch

$3,100

Painting, Autumnal 01, Poonam Choudhary

Autumnal 01

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 71 x 2 inch

$2,300 $2,070

Print, Look Up, Julien Colombier

Look Up

Julien Colombier

Print - 65.5 x 48 cm Print - 25.8 x 18.9 inch

$428

Painting, Magical bird, Trayko Popov

Magical bird

Trayko Popov

Painting - 99.1 x 124.5 x 1.3 cm Painting - 39 x 49 x 0.5 inch

$4,300

Painting, En Avant !, Jean-Marc Teillon

En Avant !

Jean-Marc Teillon

Painting - 162 x 114 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch

$6,761

Painting, Faith01, Poonam Choudhary

Faith01

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch

$800 $680

Painting, When I get there, Poonam Choudhary

When I get there

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch

$1,400 $1,190

Painting, Appreciate what you have, Poonam Choudhary

Appreciate what you have

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch

$2,000 $1,700

Painting, Le petit village, Mara Toledo

Le petit village

Mara Toledo

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$383

Painting, Eau blanche, Éléonore Deshayes

Eau blanche

Éléonore Deshayes

Painting - 27 x 22 x 3 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,070

Painting, Le chemin du marché, Raymond Joseph

Le chemin du marché

Raymond Joseph

Painting - 20 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch

$338

Print, Colorful night, Cajuca

Colorful night

Cajuca

Print - 59.4 x 42 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$600

Print, Deep feelings, Cajuca

Deep feelings

Cajuca

Print - 42 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

$600

Print, Silent Movement, Cajuca

Silent Movement

Cajuca

Print - 59.4 x 42 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$600

Painting, Red Forest, Aasiri Wickremage

Red Forest

Aasiri Wickremage

Painting - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

$563

Fine Art Drawings, Piscines (Encre rouge n°6), Éléonore Deshayes

Piscines (Encre rouge n°6)

Éléonore Deshayes

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,454

Painting, Sunset fireworks no.2, Laura Dujoncquoy

Sunset fireworks no.2

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$451

Painting, Mi Cielo, Poonam Choudhary

Mi Cielo

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch

$650 $553

Painting, Botanique Hedra Helix #4, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Hedra Helix #4

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,577

Painting, Jour et nuit (ermioni 17h-18h), Akira Inumaru

Jour et nuit (ermioni 17h-18h)

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 24 x 35 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.8 inch

$732

Painting, Le déménagement, Rodolpho Tamanini Netto

Le déménagement

Rodolpho Tamanini Netto

Painting - 30 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,803

Photography, Cactus Flower, Nadia Attura

Cactus Flower

Nadia Attura

Photography - 150 x 100 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 inch

$2,544

Painting, Bliss Queen, Poonam Choudhary

Bliss Queen

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 2 inch

$800 $640

Painting, Conversations 04, Poonam Choudhary

Conversations 04

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$200 $180

Painting, Serenity 23, Poonam Choudhary

Serenity 23

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 124.5 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 49 x 35 x 2 inch

$800 $720

Painting, Faith02, Poonam Choudhary

Faith02

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch

$900 $765

Painting, Stay with me, Poonam Choudhary

Stay with me

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch

$900 $765

Painting, Storm tent, Peter de Boer

Storm tent

Peter de Boer

Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$4,169

Painting, Blue roofs 22, Poonam Choudhary

Blue roofs 22

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch

$1,200 $1,020

Painting, Eden, Poonam Choudhary

Eden

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch

$600 $510

Painting, Magnolia - Artemis, Poonam Choudhary

Magnolia - Artemis

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch

$600 $510

Painting, Never never land, Poonam Choudhary

Never never land

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch

$750 $638

Painting, Tent, Peter de Boer

Tent

Peter de Boer

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,346

Painting, Colibri 2, Juan Carlos Suarez

Colibri 2

Juan Carlos Suarez

Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

$2,254

Painting, Faune et flore à Solentiname (1), Luis Alvarado

Faune et flore à Solentiname (1)

Luis Alvarado

Painting - 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$3,380

Painting, Labourer les champs avec les boeufs, Lucia Buccini

Labourer les champs avec les boeufs

Lucia Buccini

Painting - 30 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$676

Painting, Endless Surf. Summer. Ocean, Trayko Popov

Endless Surf. Summer. Ocean

Trayko Popov

Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$4,169

Painting, Fly away, Laura Dujoncquoy

Fly away

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$180

Painting, Cosmos in a stone, Peter de Boer

Cosmos in a stone

Peter de Boer

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,014

Painting, Wildclouds above purple sky, Peter de Boer

Wildclouds above purple sky

Peter de Boer

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,014

Painting, Spring sunset no.3, Laura Dujoncquoy

Spring sunset no.3

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 inch

$451

Painting, Spring sunset no.2, Laura Dujoncquoy

Spring sunset no.2

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 inch

$451

Fine Art Drawings, Passion 9, Akira Inumaru

Passion 9

Akira Inumaru

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

$1,352

Fine Art Drawings, Passion 8, Akira Inumaru

Passion 8

Akira Inumaru

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

$1,352

Painting, Fleurs sauvages 7, Sébastien Couëffic

Fleurs sauvages 7

Sébastien Couëffic

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,690

Painting, Botanique Vitis Venifera #15, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Vitis Venifera #15

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,239

Painting, Botanique Vitis Venifera #13, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Vitis Venifera #13

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,915

Painting, Botanique Rubia Tinctorum #4, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Rubia Tinctorum #4

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,577

Painting, Botanique Rubia Tinctoria #5, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Rubia Tinctoria #5

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,577

Painting, Botanique Indigofera Tinctoria #6, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Indigofera Tinctoria #6

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,803

Painting, Botanique Indigo Tinctoria #6, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Indigo Tinctoria #6

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,239

Painting, Botanique Hedra Helix #1, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Hedra Helix #1

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,915

Painting, Botanique Anthemis Tinctoria #3, Akira Inumaru

Botanique Anthemis Tinctoria #3

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,915

Painting, Believe And Act 03, Poonam Choudhary

Believe And Act 03

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$200

Painting, Believe and act 02, Poonam Choudhary

Believe and act 02

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$200 $170

Painting, Conversations 03, Poonam Choudhary

Conversations 03

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$200 $180

Painting, Conversations02, Poonam Choudhary

Conversations02

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$200 $180

Painting, Conversations 01, Poonam Choudhary

Conversations 01

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$200 $170

Painting, Tribu d´indigènes, Isabel de Jesus

Tribu d´indigènes

Isabel de Jesus

Painting - 33 x 43 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch

$2,254

Photography, Ignis Faatus E, Akira Inumaru

Ignis Faatus E

Akira Inumaru

Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$1,352

Photography, Ignis Faatus B, Akira Inumaru

Ignis Faatus B

Akira Inumaru

Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$1,352

Painting, Better off alone 03, Poonam Choudhary

Better off alone 03

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch

$220 $176

Painting, Couldn't stop, Poonam Choudhary

Couldn't stop

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 2 inch

$450 $360

Painting, Sunset, Poonam Choudhary

Sunset

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch

$500 $400

Painting, Summer noon, Trayko Popov

Summer noon

Trayko Popov

Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,746

Painting, Les gémeaux, Éléonore Deshayes

Les gémeaux

Éléonore Deshayes

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,366

Painting, To the North Sea with my surfboard, Peter de Boer

To the North Sea with my surfboard

Peter de Boer

Painting - 200 x 300 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 0.8 inch

$11,268

Painting, Late night, Laura Dujoncquoy

Late night

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$394

Painting, Our tent is on fire, Peter de Boer

Our tent is on fire

Peter de Boer

Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

$6,310

Painting, Composition Florale 10, Sébastien Couëffic

Composition Florale 10

Sébastien Couëffic

Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,408

Painting, Jungle greenhouse, Peter de Boer

Jungle greenhouse

Peter de Boer

Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,535

Painting, Knowing the presence, Poonam Choudhary

Knowing the presence

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch

$750 $638

Painting, Terra #4, Laura Dujoncquoy

Terra #4

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 30 x 30 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$282

Painting, Terra #3, Laura Dujoncquoy

Terra #3

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 30 x 30 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$282

Painting, Terra #2, Laura Dujoncquoy

Terra #2

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 30 x 30 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$282

Painting, Terra #1, Laura Dujoncquoy

Terra #1

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 30 x 30 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$282

Painting, Parade florale #2, Laura Dujoncquoy

Parade florale #2

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 30 x 30 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$282

Painting, Faith 03- sailing boat, Poonam Choudhary

Faith 03- sailing boat

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch

$550 $468

Painting, If I have you, Poonam Choudhary

If I have you

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch

$800 $680

Painting, Koi fish - 24, Poonam Choudhary

Koi fish - 24

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch

$550 $440

Painting, Rebelles No°6, Jean-Marc Teillon

Rebelles No°6

Jean-Marc Teillon

Painting - 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch

$1,014

Painting, Rebelles No°5, Jean-Marc Teillon

Rebelles No°5

Jean-Marc Teillon

Painting - 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch

$1,014

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.

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