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Walking on the beach
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$608
Flowers | Yellow Roses
Trayko Popov
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$580
Dragonfly - Flowers - Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$759
Glimpse of autumn
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$391
Grand paysage lacustre 1
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,679
Late Night Conversation
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,014
Crisis, What Crisis?
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 125 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,568
Red Riding Hood with Buggy
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$10,144
Le temps des vacances
Ana Maria Dias
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,242
Waterfall in the Mysterious Mountain
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$614
Waterfall | Hot Mountain Summer
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Dog walking | Castle | Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$949
Dive into the Blue - Jumping
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$580
Early-blooming flowers
Trayko Popov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,126
Jazz | Music | Saxophone
Trayko Popov
Painting - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$614
From my campervan to the Sea
Peter de Boer
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,344
Man discovers emptywave
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,014
To the sea first light
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$4,856
G1
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 60 x 79 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch
$424
G2
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 75 x 114 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 44.9 x 0.6 inch
$547
Swimming pool | Blue water | Family
Trayko Popov
Painting - 85 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$3,795
The pallet of love of Jonas
Jonas Profil
Painting - 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$5,206
Cueillette de coton
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,679
The Ethereal Canopy
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$391
Foxes by moonlight
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,684
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,763
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
Forest | Trees | Blossom
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 210 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 82.7 x 0.2 inch
$4,242
Cabin close to the ocean
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,251
The cabin I want to be at
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,483
Daft punk surfers paradise
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,809
Elles n'ont pas d'épines
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,701
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.