Contes Barbares

Date: 1902
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Dimensions: 130 x 91.5

The painting depicts three figures in an exotic garden full of greenery and flowers. In the foreground, a man and a woman are seated very close to each other and seem to be sharing an intimate moment. The man is shirtless and the woman is wearing a green garment. Behind them stands a man with a beard and deep eyes. The atmosphere of the painting is mysterious and idyllic at the same time.

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Gauguin painted picture Contes Barbares in 1902. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. Original size is 130 x 91.5. This art piece is located in Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). French painter and a leading figure of Postimpressionism. His experiments with colour strongly influenced modern art of the early 20th century. As one of the first, he subscribed to primitivism: simplified and exaggerated contours of the body, strong and contrasting colours. This artistic style was partly due his admiration for the art of the primitive cultures of Africa, Micronesia and North American Indians. Gauguin himself had the opportunity to experience life on Tahiti, where he resided from 1891 until his death. It was in Polynesia that he created his most famous paintings.