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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, La ronde, Edmar Fernandes

La ronde

Edmar Fernandes

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Mask Dance, Kusbudiyanto

Mask Dance

Kusbudiyanto

Painting - 66 x 66 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 26 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Painting, Tourbillons, Julien Calot

Tourbillons

Julien Calot

Painting - 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€4,500

Sculpture, Jagoanku, Kusbudiyanto

Jagoanku

Kusbudiyanto

Sculpture - 75 x 70 x 30 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch

€2,200

Painting, La traversée, Maite Diniz

La traversée

Maite Diniz

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Print, Passion, Akira Inumaru

Passion

Akira Inumaru

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

€350

Print, Stillness, Cajuca

Stillness

Cajuca

Print - 59.4 x 42 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€549

Photography, Mirador, Nadia Attura

Mirador

Nadia Attura

Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€775

Painting, Lotus 02, Poonam Choudhary

Lotus 02

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch

€686

Painting, shelters, Poonam Choudhary

shelters

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€1,692

Painting, Black 01, Poonam Choudhary

Black 01

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€732

Painting, Junglekreek, Peter de Boer

Junglekreek

Peter de Boer

Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,150