Five-Minute Museum
Paul Gauguin's Polynesian "paradise"
An innovative new exhibition seeks to put the French artist's exotic voyages into greater context
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "The Bathers," 1897.
Oil on canvas.
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Wero Taroi of Ngati Tarawhai for Gilbert Meir
New Zealand, Oval bowl on small feet (kumete), ca. 1865.
Wood, haliotis shell.
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "Faaturuma (Melancholic)," 1891.
Oil on canvas.
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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "Apatarao Landscape from Tahiti."
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection, 1963
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "Père Paillard," 1902.
Painted miro wood.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara Ginn Griesinger, 1975
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "The Large Tree," 1891.
Oil on fabric.
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Collection of the Musée de la Castre, Cannes
Marquesas Islands, Tiki, 19th century.
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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "Arearea no Varua ino (Words of the Devil, or Reclining Tahitian Women)," 1894.
Oil on canvas.
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The Trustees of the British Museum
Marquesas Islands, Head ornament (pa'e kaha), early-mid 19th century.
Coconut palm fiber, turtle shell, clam shell.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1980
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "Parahi te Marae (The Sacred Mountain)," 1892.
Oil on canvas.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), "Manao Tupapau (Watched by the Spirits of the Dead)," 1894.
Lithograph, feather, pencil and wash.
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889.
Oil on canvas.
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