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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
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
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
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
$1,456
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
Botanique Hedra Helix #4
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,580
Le déménagement
Rodolpho Tamanini Netto
Painting - 30 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,805
Endless Surf. Summer. Ocean
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,175
Magnolia - Artemis
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$600
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
$677
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
$3,385
Wildclouds above purple sky
Peter de Boer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,015
Fleurs sauvages 7
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,692
Botanique Vitis Venifera #15
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,241
Botanique Vitis Venifera #13
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,918
Botanique Rubia Tinctorum #4
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,580
Botanique Rubia Tinctoria #5
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,580
Botanique Indigofera Tinctoria #6
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,805
Botanique Indigo Tinctoria #6
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,241
Botanique Hedra Helix #1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,918
Botanique Anthemis Tinctoria #3
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,918
Mirror Conversations 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
$450
Better off alone 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$220
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
$11,283
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
$6,318
Knowing the presence
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$750
Faith 03- sailing boat
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch
$550
Cimes et racines / Anémone-Gentiana B
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,077
Cimes et racines / Anémone-Gentiana A
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,159
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.