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The heavenly blessings
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 2 inch
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Les ceuilleurs de fleurs
Edivaldo Barbosa
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Bloom into infinite joy 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 106.7 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 39 x 1 inch
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Wall art tapestry
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 132.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 52 x 39 x 1 inch
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Fleurs sauvages 1
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Take care of animals
Isabel de Jesus
Painting - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Fleurs sauvages 3
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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The way I see it 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 81.3 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 32 x 20 x 2 inch
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La region du café...
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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The way I see it 00
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
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Laboureurs au travail...
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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En route vers le marché...
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 20 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
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L'heure de la traite...
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 20 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
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Animaux sauvages à Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Clair de lune à Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Hérons, biches et cerfs à Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Animaux sauvages à Solentiname II
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Animaux sauvages à Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Fauves et singe à Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 20 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
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Le transport du fourrage
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Believe and act triptych
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 54 x 1 inch
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Somebody to hold 4
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
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La Potière de Samba
Roger Djiguemdé
Painting - 55 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
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Mirror conversations 04
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
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Mirror Conversations 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
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Someone always there
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
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Vallée 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 au lever du soleil
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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La forêt du silence
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
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Giraffes in Jungle
Jacques Lionel (J.L.) Henry
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 cm Painting - 16 x 12 inch
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Give grace to others
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
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Two Little Houses
Jacques Lionel (J.L.) Henry
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 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.