Tropical Style

Painting, Crimson spring, Aasiri Wickremage

Crimson spring

Aasiri Wickremage

Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$1,332

Painting, Late Night Conversation, Trayko Popov

Late Night Conversation

Trayko Popov

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

$2,997

Painting, Find a way, Poonam Choudhary

Find a way

Poonam Choudhary

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

$800

Painting, When the Day Is Gone, Trayko Popov

When the Day Is Gone

Trayko Popov

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

$5,328

Painting, Reef and its dream, 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

$1,332

Painting, Des bananes argent, Ana Maria Dias

Des bananes argent

Ana Maria Dias

Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,776

Painting, Neighborhood, Trayko Popov

Neighborhood

Trayko Popov

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

$3,718

Painting, Untitled, Aasiri Wickremage

Untitled

Aasiri Wickremage

Painting - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$67

Painting, Reshape 2, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Reshape 2

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,109

Painting, Lotus, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Lotus

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Seed and its plan, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Seed and its plan

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,332

Painting, Martijn Doolaard at his cabin, Peter de Boer

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

$2,220

Painting, Master of camouflage, Peter de Boer

Master of camouflage

Peter de Boer

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,831

Painting, Underwater - Dreams - Diving, Trayko Popov

Underwater - Dreams - Diving

Trayko Popov

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

$2,553

Painting, Home, Sweet Home!, Trayko Popov

Home, Sweet Home!

Trayko Popov

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

$2,719

Painting, Self Love, Poonam Choudhary

Self Love

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch

$990

Painting, Violet Mood, Trayko Popov

Violet Mood

Trayko Popov

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

$488

Print, Cactus Garden, Nadia Attura

Cactus Garden

Nadia Attura

Print - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$1,930

Painting, Two Faced, Poonam Choudhary

Two Faced

Poonam Choudhary

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

$1,200

Photography, Cactus Jungle, Nadia Attura

Cactus Jungle

Nadia Attura

Photography - 100 x 70 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 inch

$1,029

Painting, Red roofs, Poonam Choudhary

Red roofs

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch

$1,000

Painting, Morning Girls, Trayko Popov

Morning Girls

Trayko Popov

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

$2,775

Print, Cactus Springs, Nadia Attura

Cactus Springs

Nadia Attura

Print - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$1,930

Print, Into the Wild, Julien Colombier

Into the Wild

Julien Colombier

Print - 70 x 100 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 inch

$444

Painting, Fisher boy, Peter de Boer

Fisher boy

Peter de Boer

Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,029

Painting, I'll be the moon, Poonam Choudhary

I'll be the moon

Poonam Choudhary

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

$2,200

Print, Golden Flowers 2, Julien Colombier

Golden Flowers 2

Julien Colombier

Print - 130 x 90 x 1 cm Print - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

$633

Print, Florida Keys, Nadia Attura

Florida Keys

Nadia Attura

Print - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$1,415

Painting, Water Is Everything, Trayko Popov

Water Is Everything

Trayko Popov

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

$3,300

Photography, Mirador, Nadia Attura

Mirador

Nadia Attura

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

$804

Painting, The island, Peter de Boer

The island

Peter de Boer

Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch

$5,326

Painting, Seagulls on the move, Peter de Boer

Seagulls on the move

Peter de Boer

Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,440

Painting, Auprès des 3 arbres, Lucia Buccini

Auprès des 3 arbres

Lucia Buccini

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$943

Painting, Une chanson pour elle, Mara Toledo

Une chanson pour elle

Mara Toledo

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

$2,220

Painting, Grow old with you, Poonam Choudhary

Grow old with you

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch

$1,600

Painting, Choices in life, Poonam Choudhary

Choices in life

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch

$1,900

Painting, Red roofs 21, Poonam Choudhary

Red roofs 21

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch

$1,900

Painting, Yellow Line, Poonam Choudhary

Yellow Line

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch

$1,100

Painting, Finding the answers, Poonam Choudhary

Finding the answers

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch

$500

Painting, Colibri 1, Juan Carlos Suarez

Colibri 1

Juan Carlos Suarez

Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$2,220

Painting, Heliconia et Cabezon à tete rouge, Juan Carlos Suarez

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

$2,220

Painting, Bromelia, Juan Carlos Suarez

Bromelia

Juan Carlos Suarez

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,220

Painting, Tourbillons, Julien Calot

Tourbillons

Julien Calot

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

$4,995

Painting, Out of the blue 04, Poonam Choudhary

Out of the blue 04

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 66 x 167.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 66 x 1 inch

$950

Painting, Lead from the heart, Poonam Choudhary

Lead from the heart

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch

$900

Painting, Summer nights, Poonam Choudhary

Summer nights

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch

$900

Painting, You're far away, Poonam Choudhary

You're far away

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch

$900

Painting, Where you are, Poonam Choudhary

Where you are

Poonam Choudhary

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

$900

Painting, You can’t be replaced, Poonam Choudhary

You can’t be replaced

Poonam Choudhary

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

$900

Painting, Don't try to force anything, Poonam Choudhary

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

$800

Painting, Be with me, Poonam Choudhary

Be with me

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch

$800

Painting, Stay Together, Poonam Choudhary

Stay Together

Poonam Choudhary

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

$900

Print, Candy Forest, Julien Colombier

Candy Forest

Julien Colombier

Print - 80 x 80 x 8 cm Print - 31.5 x 31.5 x 3.1 inch

$488

Painting, Lions 03, Rafal Gadowski

Lions 03

Rafal Gadowski

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$1,887

Painting, Always Be There, Poonam Choudhary

Always Be There

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 inch

$800

Painting, Without you, Poonam Choudhary

Without you

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 76.2 x 147.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 58 x 2 inch

$2,000

Painting, Heal, Poonam Choudhary

Heal

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 33 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 39 x 1 inch

$1,300

Painting, A crane 08, Rafal Gadowski

A crane 08

Rafal Gadowski

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$1,776

Print, Backwaters Call, Nadia Attura

Backwaters Call

Nadia Attura

Print - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$1,415

Painting, Because hopes are high, Poonam Choudhary

Because hopes are high

Poonam Choudhary

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

$1,200

Painting, No life without whimsy, Poonam Choudhary

No life without whimsy

Poonam Choudhary

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

$1,550

Painting, The one who loves you a lot 24, Poonam Choudhary

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

$1,550

Painting, Do it anyway, Poonam Choudhary

Do it anyway

Poonam Choudhary

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

$1,550

Painting, I am back, Poonam Choudhary

I am back

Poonam Choudhary

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

$1,550

Painting, Strength your aura, Poonam Choudhary

Strength your aura

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 177.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 70 x 2 inch

$1,300

Painting, Out of the blue 03, Poonam Choudhary

Out of the blue 03

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 88.9 x 142.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 56 x 1 inch

$1,200

Painting, To be like you, Poonam Choudhary

To be like you

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch

$800 $720

Painting, Believer, Poonam Choudhary

Believer

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch

$900

Painting, She needs love 00, Poonam Choudhary

She needs love 00

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

$890

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

$800

Painting, Does this path have a heart?, Poonam Choudhary

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

$900

Painting, Seeing you walk away, Poonam Choudhary

Seeing you walk away

Poonam Choudhary

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

$850

Painting, In the end, Poonam Choudhary

In the end

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch

$650

Painting, Parade florale #1, Laura Dujoncquoy

Parade florale #1

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,776

Painting, Zebras 10, Rafal Gadowski

Zebras 10

Rafal Gadowski

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$1,554

Painting, Crisp morning 2, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Crisp morning 2

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Silent steps, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Silent steps

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Sleeping 1, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Sleeping 1

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, River stones, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

River stones

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,887

Painting, Autumn garden, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Autumn garden

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Crisp morning, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Crisp morning

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Sleeping 2, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Sleeping 2

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Connections 4, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Connections 4

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Connections 3, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Connections 3

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Dawn, Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

Dawn

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka

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

$1,887

Painting, Divine Spring, Sreya Gupta

Divine Spring

Sreya Gupta

Painting - 50.8 x 78.7 cm Painting - 20 x 31 inch

$755

Photography, Cactus Majorelle, Nadia Attura

Cactus Majorelle

Nadia Attura

Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,029

Print, Strelitzia, Delia Ruiz Malo

Strelitzia

Delia Ruiz Malo

Print - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch

$777

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

$750

Painting, La vallée fleurie, Lucia Buccini

La vallée fleurie

Lucia Buccini

Painting - 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

Sold

Painting, Eden, Poonam Choudhary

Eden

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch

$1,340

Painting, Strive to be worthy, Poonam Choudhary

Strive to be worthy

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch

$750

Painting, Sometimes in life, Poonam Choudhary

Sometimes in life

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch

$600

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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