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Avez-vous vu l'oiseau de Jérôme ?
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$339
Hills and fields
Trayko Popov
Painting - 75 x 55 x 0.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch
$923 $831
Waterfall in the Mysterious Mountain
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$635
Waterfall | Hot Mountain Summer
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,731
Dog walking | Castle | Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$981
Flowers | Yellow Roses
Trayko Popov
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$600
Dive into the Blue - Jumping
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$600
Dragonfly - Flowers - Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$785
Jazz | Music | Saxophone
Trayko Popov
Painting - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$635
From my campervan to the Sea
Peter de Boer
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,424
Man discovers emptywave
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,117
To the sea first light
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,021
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,617
Foxes by moonlight
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,772
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,809
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,772
The Ethereal Canopy
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$404
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
$3,925
When the Day Is Gone
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$5,541
Home, Sweet Home!
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,828 $2,545
Cabin close to the ocean
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,464
Late Night Conversation
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,117
M4
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
$219
M3
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
$219
Early-blooming flowers
Trayko Popov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,232
The cabin I want to be at
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,704
Daft punk surfers paradise
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$7,041
Cae la Noche Tropical
Fabrica de Estampas
Print - 55 x 48 x 1 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$173
Le Personnel est Politique
Fabrica de Estampas
Print - 50 x 45 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$173
Underwater - Dreams - Diving
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,655
Forest | Trees | Blossom
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 210 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 82.7 x 0.2 inch
$4,386
Valley, Lake & Coconut Trees
Jean Adrien Seide
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Painting - 40 x 60 inch
$6,500
Blossom | Mountain | Trees
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$571
Countryside and fields
Trayko Popov
Painting - 61.5 x 159 x 0.2 cm Painting - 24.2 x 62.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,539
Butterfly | Flowers | Blue
Trayko Popov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$519
Rising from the Depths
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,078
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.