Taperaa Mahana

Date: 1892
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Hermitage, Sant Peterburg, Russia

The picture shows a group of people in an exotic landscape. Several women are sitting or kneeling around a pile of red coloured fruit, while the man on the right is walking along a path carrying a yellow container on his head. All are wearing traditional clothing. The surrounding environment is lush green with tall trees and small bushes completing the scene of rural idyll. Bicolor soil in shades of yellow and orange completes the warm climate. The overall atmosphere of the painting is reminiscent of life in the tropics.

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Gauguin painted picture Taperaa Mahana in 1892. Prevailing color of this fine art print is yellow and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in Hermitage, Sant Peterburg, Russia. 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.