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Dont just exist, Live
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£1,223
Breeze - Arm Chair
Poonam Choudhary
Design - 73.7 x 65 x 82 cm Design - 29 x 25.6 x 32.3 inch
£1,012
Un jour calme à la campagne
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,438
Cha Alegre (Born city of the artist)
Edmar Fernandes
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,258
Moon jar en porcelaine
Laura Dujoncquoy
Design - 32 x 30 x 30 cm Design - 12.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£539
Hymne d'enfants
Akira Inumaru
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
£629
La ferme Caporal
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,157
Dans la forêt II
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,797 £1,258
Sweet water beach and fair
Edivaldo Barbosa
Painting - 130 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
£12,580
Le vol des pigeons
Rodolpho Tamanini Netto
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,078
Sémaphore
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,528
Botanique Isatis Tinctoria #1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
£988
Grand paysage lacustre 3
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
£2,157
Allées et venues en paysage moelleux n°3
Éléonore Deshayes
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,594
Blue Plastic Bags Roadside African Bushes
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
£11,612
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
£1,617
Village au bord de l'eau
Raymond Joseph
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£270
Dave Mattheus & Tim Reynolds
Alan Berry Rhys
Print - 62 x 46 x 1 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
£207
Les petits oiseaux
Valérie Auriel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,716
Sur le chemin pour aller au champs
Raimundo Bida
Painting - 130 x 190 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch
£5,392
Jack fruit tree
Aasiri Wickremage
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£58
Coucher de soleil sur Buenos Aires
Fabrica de Estampas
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£225
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
Christophe Cosentino
Painting - 135 x 194 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 76.4 x 1.2 inch
£5,302
Capture the essence
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£759
Minimal Forms 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£548
When the sun is shining
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
£1,265
Embracing Imperfections
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
£675
What weighs you down
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£1,054
You are what you have
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 2 inch
£1,265
Accent chair, lounge chair, seating
Poonam Choudhary
Design - 96.5 x 78.7 x 61 cm Design - 38 x 31 x 24 inch
£1,096
Spring sunset #4
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,348
Spring sunset #3
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,348
Minimal Forms 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£548
Minimal Forms 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
£548
Emotion and conflict
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch
£548
Allure - Signature Bench
Poonam Choudhary
Design - 44.5 x 142 x 48 cm Design - 17.5 x 55.9 x 18.9 inch
£1,265
When the Day Is Gone
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
£4,313
Mirro conversation 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
£169
Mirror Conversations 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
£379
Mirror conversations 04
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
£379
I Am Beautiful - Swan - Lake
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,617
You are actually worthy
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch
£1,012
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.