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The palace grounds
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$444
Glimpse of autumn
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$388
Grand paysage lacustre 1
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,664
Voyageurs entre montagnes et ruisseaux
Sébastien Couëffic
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,330
Walking on the beach
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$605
Crisis, What Crisis?
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 125 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,492
Red Riding Hood with Buggy
Martin Kerntke
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$10,086
Le temps des vacances
Ana Maria Dias
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,218
From my campervan to the Sea
Peter de Boer
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,331
Man discovers emptywave
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
To the sea first light
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$4,828
G1
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 60 x 79 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch
$422
G2
Audrey Chiono (Atelier Galice)
Painting - 75 x 114 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 44.9 x 0.6 inch
$544
Waterfall in the Mysterious Mountain
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$610
Waterfall | Hot Mountain Summer
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,665
Dog walking | Castle | Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$943
Flowers | Yellow Roses
Trayko Popov
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$577
Dive into the Blue - Jumping
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$577
Dragonfly - Flowers - Garden
Trayko Popov
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$755
Early-blooming flowers
Trayko Popov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,108
Jazz | Music | Saxophone
Trayko Popov
Painting - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$610
The pallet of love of Jonas
Jonas Profil
Painting - 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$5,120 $3,073
Cueillette de coton
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,664
Swimming pool | Blue water | Family
Trayko Popov
Painting - 85 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$3,774
The Ethereal Canopy
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$388
Foxes by moonlight
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,550
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,663
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,747
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,550
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.