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Cimes et racines / Maianthemum 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Endurance and love
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
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I wish you were in my place
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 34.3 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13.5 x 19.5 x 1 inch
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With strength and grace01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 127 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 50 x 32 x 2 inch
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There's possibility
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
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Un oeil sur l'autre
Albott Bonhomme
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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Believe in your dreams
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
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Koi Fish - Streak of Lock
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
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L'aigle de Cocora
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
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Toucan colombien
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Cabezon à tête rouge dans la jungle colombienne
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
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Koi - Epoxy Resin
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch
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Something to hope for
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch
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Houses of Cinque Terre
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
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Golden Flowers Fine Art print
Julien Colombier
Print - 160 x 110 x 1 cm Print - 63 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
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This is me trying
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 203.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 80 x 1 inch
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Dessin 51
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
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Magnolia - Eternity
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
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In touch with truth
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
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Landscape - Zurich
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
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Dessin 46, série Carnet de voyage
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
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The heavenly blessings
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 2 inch
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Encre rouge n°3
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Encre rouge n°2
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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The way I see it 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 81.3 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 32 x 20 x 2 inch
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The way I see it 00
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
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L´épicerie de la montagne bleu
Mara Toledo
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Somebody to hold 4
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
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Someone always there
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
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Wall art tapestry
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 132.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 52 x 39 x 1 inch
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Dessin 43, série Carnet de voyage
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
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Dessin 31
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
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Animaux de Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Les oiseaux de Solentiname
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Dessin 52
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
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Canne à sucre au Nicaragua
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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Dessin 50
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0 inch
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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.