Date : 1892
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Lent by a private collector
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European Painting
Painting (Nature morte)
Area related
Tahiti
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When the French painter Paul Gauguin moved to Tahiti in 1891, he developed a palette evocative of his tropical surroundings. Vivid color dominates this pictorial arrangement of oranges and peppers on a patterned tablecloth. Here Gauguin adhered to the conventions of still life-traditionally the most humble kind of painting. Yet the combination of resolute flatness and the hot, saturated colors across the entire surface demonstrates Gauguin's radically innovative approach to the genre.
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Still life
"Still life" is a work of art depicting inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (flowers, game, sea shells and the like) or man-made (drinking glasses, foodstuffs, pipes, books and so on).
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