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.

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Painting, Sailing, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Summer tree, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Painting, Sulap II, Peter de Boer

Peter de Boer

Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€350

Painting, Sulap I, Peter de Boer

Peter de Boer

Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€350

Painting, Minuit, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 162 x 130 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 inch

€9,800

Painting, Countryside, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 61.5 x 159 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.2 x 62.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,600

Painting, Zise, Kusbudiyanto

Kusbudiyanto

Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€3,800

Painting, Seribu Mata, Kusbudiyanto

Kusbudiyanto

Painting - 100 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€3,101

Painting, Dreamspot, Peter de Boer

Peter de Boer

Painting - 200 x 300 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 0.8 inch

€10,000

Painting, To the ocean, Peter de Boer

Peter de Boer

Painting - 200 x 280 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 110.2 x 0.8 inch

€10,000

Painting, The Change, Kusbudiyanto

Kusbudiyanto

Painting - 95 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 37.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,736

Print, Passion, Akira Inumaru

Akira Inumaru

Print - 50 x 40 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€350

Print, Passion, Akira Inumaru

Akira Inumaru

Print - 50 x 40 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€350

Print, Passion, Akira Inumaru

Akira Inumaru

Print - 50 x 40 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€350

Painting, Satu Sisi, Kusbudiyanto

Kusbudiyanto

Painting - 70 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,101

Painting, Morning Girls, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 85 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Painting, Le passeur, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 148 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 58.3 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€7,500

Painting, Magical bird, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 99.1 x 124.5 x 1.3 cm Painting - 39 x 49 x 0.5 inch

€3,922

Painting, La rencontre, Lucia Buccini

Lucia Buccini

Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Painting, Old Tree, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Painting, Sin título, Emilio Tejada

Emilio Tejada

Painting - 54 x 65 x 5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 2 inch

€910

Painting, Sin título, Emilio Tejada

Emilio Tejada

Painting - 54 x 65 x 5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 2 inch

€910

Painting, L'oiseau bleu, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 148 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 58.3 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€8,200

Fine Art Drawings, Passion 9, Akira Inumaru

Akira Inumaru

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€1,200

Fine Art Drawings, Passion 8, Akira Inumaru

Akira Inumaru

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€1,200

Painting, Underwater, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 61.5 x 159 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.2 x 62.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,800

Painting, Love garden, Trayko Popov

Trayko Popov

Painting - 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch

€3,550

Print, Ile, Clement Vuillier

Ile

Clement Vuillier

Print - 50 x 70 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

€160

Painting, L'Ours, Jean-Marc Teillon

Jean-Marc Teillon

Painting - 114 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Painting, En Nage, Jean-Marc Teillon

Jean-Marc Teillon

Painting - 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Painting, Spring Splendour, Sreya Gupta

Sreya Gupta

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,200 €1,870

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