낮잠
ca. 1892-94
Paul Gauguin captures a lazy, sun-drenched afternoon in Tahiti with this vibrant scene of women resting on a wooden veranda. The woman in the foreground, sporting a chic white hat with a blue polka-dot ribbon, anchors the composition, while her companions lounge, chat, and work against a backdrop of lush, unnatural greens and yellows. Painted during his second trip to the South Pacific, this piece perfectly embodies Gauguin's Symbolist desire to escape European civilization and find an 'untouched' paradise, even if he had to invent some of the colors to make it look that way.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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