Noanoa Tavola 41
Paul Gauguin carved this striking woodcut to illustrate 'Noa Noa,' his manuscript designed to explain his exotic Tahitian paintings to the French public back home. The scene depicts a dreamlike encounter between a standing woman and a figure riding a horse, with a peacock watching from the shadows. Gauguin wanted to capture a 'primitive' spirit, often blending his actual experiences with pure imagination and mythology. He worked on the book with writer Charles Morice, creating a text that was as much fiction as travelogue, forever shaping how Europe viewed the South Pacific.
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