Reclining Tahitian Women
1894
Oil on canvas 60 x 98 cm
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Organized by 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 Ore and curated by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek,
Copenhagen, the exhibition “Gauguin. Tales from Paradise” features
approximately 70 works from twelve international museums and private
collections, together with artefacts and pictures documenting the places
visited by the artist. Next spring the Glyptotek will show a version of the
exhibition back in Copenhagen, based on the experiences of this Danish-Italian
collaboration.
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Vahine no te Tiare (Woman
with a Flower),1891
Oil on canvas 70.5 x 46.5 cm
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Paul Gauguin's fascination with “the primitive” represents a recurrent
theme in his artistic production. His approach springs from a deep-seated
desire to make a break with the conventional rules of the society of his day
and the criteria of French Impressionism, in order to attain a higher degree of
truth and genuineness in both life and art. Gauguin's personal view of the
“primitive” as the primordial power governing the world, as the fundamental
essence of human nature, led him to artistically combine a vast range of
figurative sources distant in space and time.
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