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Reef and its dream
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,078
Des bananes argent
Ana Maria Dias
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,438
Seed and its plan
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,078
Martijn Doolaard at his cabin
Peter de Boer
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,797
Master of camouflage
Peter de Boer
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,483
Underwater - Dreams - Diving
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,067
Late Night Conversation
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,426
I'll be the moon
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch
£1,855
Water Is Everything
Trayko Popov
Painting - 99.1 x 124.5 x 1.3 cm Painting - 39 x 49 x 0.5 inch
£2,783
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£3,594
What awaits us
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,797
Une chanson pour elle
Mara Toledo
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,797
Grow old with you
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch
£1,349
Choices in life
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£1,602
Finding the answers
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
£422
Heliconia et Cabezon à tete rouge
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,797 £1,258
Bromelia
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,797 £1,258
Lead from the heart
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch
£759
You can’t be replaced
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch
£759
Don't try to force anything
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£675
Because hopes are high
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch
£1,012
No life without whimsy
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
£1,307
The one who loves you a lot 24
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
£1,307
Strength your aura
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 177.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 70 x 2 inch
£1,096
Out of the blue 03
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 88.9 x 142.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 56 x 1 inch
£1,012
She needs love 00
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
£751
Does this path have a heart?
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
£759
Seeing you walk away
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
£717
Parade florale #1
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,438
Crisp morning 2
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Silent steps
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Sleeping 1
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
River stones
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Autumn garden
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Crisp morning
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Sleeping 2
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Connections 4
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Connections 3
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,528
Cactus Majorelle
Nadia Attura
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£800
Strive to be worthy
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
£632
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.