Paul Gauguin
la Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art
During his life, painter Paul Gauguin spent time in Tahiti, where he took to fusing Christian imagery with Polynesian culture. He substituted traditional European representation with flat color, strong outlines, and forms drawn from local sculpture and textile traditions. Send this to the matriarch of your clan, an homage to a mother who carries the whole world on her shoulders.
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paul Gauguin
la Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art
During his life, painter Paul Gauguin spent time in Tahiti, where he took to fusing Christian imagery with Polynesian culture. He substituted traditional European representation with flat color, strong outlines, and forms drawn from local sculpture and textile traditions. Send this to the matriarch of your clan, an homage to a mother who carries the whole world on her shoulders.
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art