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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
$3,463
Nothing life objects
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$173
Dunepath to the sea (in exhibition)
Peter de Boer
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,101
Cabin at the riverside
Peter de Boer
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,731
How do we get there?
Peter de Boer
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,309
Jardin des lumières 9
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 27 x 18 x 0.01 cm Painting - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$462
The palace grounds
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$462
Grand paysage lacustre 1
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,770
Les vendeurs d´oranges
Ana Maria Dias
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,925
Glimpse of autumn
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$404
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
$6,926
Jardin des lumières 2
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 27 x 18 x 0.01 cm Painting - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$462
Jardin des lumières 7
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 27 x 18 x 0.01 cm Painting - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$462
Jardin des lumières 8
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 27 x 18 x 0.01 cm Painting - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$462
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
$2,886
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
$2,886
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
$2,886
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
$2,886
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
$2,886
Crisis, What Crisis?
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 125 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$14,031
Red Riding Hood with Buggy
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$10,489
I Am Beautiful - Swan - Lake
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,078
Horse riding on the beach
Trayko Popov
Painting - 101 x 72 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.8 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,385 $1,247
G1
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 60 x 79 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch
$439
G2
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 75 x 114 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 44.9 x 0.6 inch
$566
Sao Paulo Ibirapuera Park Vista
Rodolpho Tamanini Netto
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,040
Portée Disparue
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 162 x 114 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch
$6,926
Les Randonneurs
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 114 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,926
Money is a trap
Jonas Profil
Painting - 76 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$4,435 $2,662
A couple of love
Jonas Profil
Painting - 76 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$4,435 $2,662
Walking on the beach
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$629
Cueillette de coton
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,770
Le temps des vacances
Ana Maria Dias
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,386
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,857
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.