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Minimal Forms 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
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En mangeant des fruits açai
Mara Toledo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Lever de soleil sur le fleuve San Juan
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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Une journée à Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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Dessin 48
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0 inch
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Dessin 41, série Carnet de voyage
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
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L'Amazonie brûle...
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 60 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
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There's Possibility
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
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An invisible bound
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
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Composition Florale 5
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Un oeil sur l'autre
Albott Bonhomme
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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Capture the essence
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
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Sculpture - Stuck in love
Poonam Choudhary
Sculpture - 27.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm Sculpture - 11 x 9 x 9 inch
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How much a heart can hold
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
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L´épicerie de la montagne bleu
Mara Toledo
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Crisp in the fall
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
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Journey of unknown
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch
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The one who loves you a lot 48
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
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Better off alone 00
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
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Golden Flowers Fine Art print
Julien Colombier
Print - 160 x 110 x 1 cm Print - 63 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
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L'aigle de Cocora
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
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Toucan colombien
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Cabezon à tête rouge dans la jungle colombienne
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
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Récolte du café près de la lagune
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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Dessin 51
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
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Dessin 46, série Carnet de voyage
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
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Feeling of emptiness
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
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Believe in your dreams
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
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Awaken your heart
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
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Cimes et racines / Maianthemum 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Koi - Epoxy Resin
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch
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Endurance and love
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
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I wish you were in my place
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 34.3 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13.5 x 19.5 x 1 inch
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With strength and grace01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 127 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 50 x 32 x 2 inch
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Encre rouge n°3
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Encre rouge n°2
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Magnolia - Eternity
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
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Somebody to hold 1
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
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Koi Fish - Streak of Lock
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
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Dernières minutes de labeurs
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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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.