Head of a Tahitian Woman
1891
Gauguin traded his stockbroker life for Tahiti in 1891, seeking a 'primitive' paradise that fueled the Symbolist movement's love for mystery and raw emotion. Forget the bright colors of his famous paintings; here, he uses dark, smudgy lines to capture a woman who stares back with a fierce, unsmiling power. It’s a raw, unpolished look at the world he sought, showing a subject who seems to be judging the artist just as much as he is drawing her.
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