Arearea

1870s–1891 · Luogo di lavoro

Paris

1886–1891 · Luogo di lavoro

Pont-Aven

February 1891

Successful Auction at the Hôtel Drouot

A successful auction of paintings at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris in February 1891, aided by a glowing review from Octave Mirbeau, together with a banquet and a benefit concert, provided the funds for the journey to Tahiti.

1 April 1891

Departure for Tahiti

On 1 April 1891, after a final visit to his wife and children in Copenhagen, Gauguin sailed for Tahiti, intending to escape European civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional." He spent his first three months in Papeete, then set up a studio in a bamboo hut at Mataiea.

1891–1901 · Luogo di lavoro

Tahiti

August 1893

Return to France

In August 1893 Gauguin returned to France, where he continued painting Tahitian subjects such as Mahana no atua and Nave nave moe; he rented an apartment on rue Vercingétorix on the edge of Montparnasse and held a weekly salon, cultivating an exotic image.