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Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$900
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Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$900
Design - 73.7 x 65 x 82 cm Design - 29 x 25.6 x 32.3 inch
$1,200
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,776
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,554
Design - 32 x 30 x 30 cm Design - 12.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$666
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,998
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,029
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$777
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,664
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,220
Painting - 130 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$15,540
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,332
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,887
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,221
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,664
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,440
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$14,343
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$333
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,998
Print - 62 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$255
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,120
Painting - 130 x 190 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,660
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$72
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$277
Painting - 135 x 194 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 76.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,549
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$650
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,450
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$1,500
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
$350 $315
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$800
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
$650
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,250
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 2 inch
$1,500
Design - 96.5 x 78.7 x 61 cm Design - 38 x 31 x 24 inch
$1,300
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,665
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,665
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$650
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$650
Design - 44.5 x 142 x 48 cm Design - 17.5 x 55.9 x 18.9 inch
$1,500
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
$200 $180
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
$450
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
$450
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch
$1,200
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.