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.
Raimundo Bida
Clement Vuillier
Amerlin Delinois
Roger Djiguemdé
La Potière de Samba
Roger Djiguemdé
Painting - 55 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
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Henry-Robert Brésil
Les Flamants roses
Henry-Robert Brésil
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
G2
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 75 x 114 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 44.9 x 0.6 inch
£435
G1
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 60 x 79 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch
£338
M3
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
£169
M4
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
£169
Sébastien Couëffic
Grand paysage lacustre 3
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
£2,133
Composition Florale 7
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£1,111
Composition Florale 8
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£1,111
Composition Florale 10
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£1,111
Composition Florale11
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£1,111
Voyageurs entre montagnes et ruisseaux
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,666
Grand paysage lacustre 1
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
£2,133
Valérie Auriel
Les petits oiseaux
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,697
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
£2,151
Avez-vous vu l'oiseau de Jérôme ?
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
£261
Jonas Profil
Marc Rambeau
Isabel de Jesus
Et le vent l´a emporté
Isabel de Jesus
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£1,600
La sérénade
Isabel de Jesus
Painting - 42 x 59 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Take care of animals
Isabel de Jesus
Painting - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Alan Berry Rhys
Dave Mattheus & Tim Reynolds
Alan Berry Rhys
Print - 62 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
£204