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.
Aasiri Wickremage
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
$73
What awaits us
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,244
Nothing life objects
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$168
Delia Ruiz Malo
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Reef and its dream
Anna Masiul-Gozdecka
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,346 $1,185
Julien Calot
Petite soirée avec Koons et Gaga
Julien Calot
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,263
Éléonore Deshayes
Sémaphore
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,907
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
$4,488
Piscines (Encre rouge n°6)
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,447
Quelle fournaise !
Éléonore Deshayes
Painting - 115 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,049
Allées et venues en paysage moelleux n°1
Éléonore Deshayes
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,488
Dessin 48
Éléonore Deshayes
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.5 x 0 inch
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Juan Carlos Suarez
Dans la forêt II
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,244
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
$2,244
Cocora XIV (1)
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,580
Vallée de Cocora
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,468
Jungle colombienne
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,805
Lucia Buccini
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
$1,795
Labourer les champs avec les boeufs
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 30 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$673
Une pause pour la lecture
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Dancing in moon light
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Akira Inumaru
Roses de Villandry 10
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.01 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,122
Hymne d'enfants
Akira Inumaru
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$785
Jardin des lumie?res Roses et Pierres 5
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 30 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$898
Rafal Gadowski
Emilio Tejada
Albott Bonhomme
Green, Yellow Birds & Cascade
Albott Bonhomme
Painting - 24 x 20 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.9 inch
$1,000
Un oeil sur l'autre
Albott Bonhomme
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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