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More than a body
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$3,000
Voyageurs entre montagnes et ruisseaux
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,385
Sur le chemin pour aller au champs
Raimundo Bida
Painting - 130 x 190 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,770
The palace grounds
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$451
Flowers | Yellow Roses
Trayko Popov
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$587
Dragonfly - Flowers - Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$767
Les vendeurs d´oranges
Ana Maria Dias
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,836
Nothing life objects
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$169
Glimpse of autumn
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$395
Crisis, What Crisis?
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 125 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,714
Red Riding Hood with Buggy
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$10,253
Série des Forêts No°8
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,821
Série des Forêts No°4
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,821
Série des Forêts No°3
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,821
Série des Forêts No°2
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,821
Série des Forêts No°1
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,821
Waterfall in the Mysterious Mountain
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$621
Waterfall | Hot Mountain Summer
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,692
Dog walking | Castle | Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$959
Walking on the beach
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$615
Dive into the Blue - Jumping
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$587
Jazz | Music | Saxophone
Trayko Popov
Painting - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$621
Grand paysage lacustre 1
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,708
Swimming pool | Blue water | Family
Trayko Popov
Painting - 85 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$3,836 $3,261
G1
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 60 x 79 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch
$429
G2
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 75 x 114 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 44.9 x 0.6 inch
$553
Portée Disparue
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 162 x 114 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch
$6,770
Les Randonneurs
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 114 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,770
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,793
Late Night Conversation
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,046
Early-blooming flowers
Trayko Popov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 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.