Paul GauguinFrankrig, 1848–1903Still life with parrots
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Still Life with Exotic Birds is an oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, produced in Atuona on Hiva-Oa in the Marquesas Islands, in 1902. It is held in the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow. It is signed "Paul Gauguin 1902" at bottom left, with the inscription "Oiseaux morts" (dead birds) on the back of the stretcher.
Marina Alexandrovna Bessonova argues that the tablecloth covers a travelling trunk rather than a table, but the table leg is clearly visible on the right. The terracotta idol shown was made by Gauguin himself - some art historians believe it is the Polynesian moon goddess Hina (often found in other Gauguin works produced on Tahiti), but Bengt Danielsson claims it is "a kind of Buddha" rather than Tahitian or Polynesian.
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Just after producing the work Gauguin sent it to his friend George-Daniel de Monfreid in France, who sold it to Gustave Fayet from Paris. It was known as Dead Birds in Fayet's collection, but this was changed to the more neutral Exotic Birds (Parrots) in the posthumous retrospective of Gauguin's work at the 1906 Autumn Salon in Paris. In 1910 Fayet sold the painting via the Galerie Druet to the Moscow industrialist Ivan Morozov for 27,000 francs. His collection was seized by the state after the October Revolution, being placed in the State Museum of Modern Western Art from 1923 to 1948 and then at its present home.
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- Ж-3371
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Imens i livet hos Paul Gauguin
Hele livet1891–1901 · Virkested
Tahiti
1900
Editor of the Newspaper Les Guêpes
In February 1900 Gauguin became editor of the local newspaper Les Guêpes, receiving a salary for it, and remained in the post until his departure from Tahiti in September 1901; the paper was known for its vicious attacks on the governor and officialdom.
last years of life
Illnesses of the Final Years
In his last years the artist suffered severely from heart disease, eczema, and the after-effects of arsenic poisoning; the intense pain had to be dulled with morphine. His situation was aggravated by constant conflicts with the administration over his attempts to defend the rights of the native population.
16 September 1901
Move to Hiva Oa, the House of Pleasure
On 16 September 1901 Gauguin arrived at Atuona on the island of Hiva Oa (Marquesas Islands), where he bought a plot from the Catholic mission and built a two-story house he named the Maison du Jouir ("House of Pleasure"). Here, despite illness and poverty, he worked at full strength — painting landscapes, writing stories, and engaging in journalism.
27 March 1903
Sentence: Fine and Three Months in Prison
After Gauguin's campaign against the gendarmes and his accusations of corruption, the gendarme Claverie sued him for libel: on 27 March 1903 the local magistrate sentenced the artist to a fine of 500 francs and three months in prison. Gauguin appealed to Papeete, but the imprisonment was never carried out — he died shortly afterwards.
8. maj 1903
Died
