Paul GauguinFrankrijk, 1848–1903Aha Oe Feii?
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Over het schilderij
Aha Oe Feii? or Are You Jealous? (French: Eh quoi ! Tu es jalouse ?) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Paul Gauguin from 1892, based on a real-life episode during his stay on Tahiti which he later described in the diary Noa Noa: "On the shore two sisters are lying after bathing, in the graceful poses of resting animals; they speak of yesterday's love and tomorrow's conquests. The recollection causes them to quarrel, "What? Are you jealous?" Gauguin titled the painting in Tahitian language, Aha Oe Feii?, in the lower left corner of the canvas.
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The painting evokes a sense of Pacific paradise in which sexual relations are playful and harmless. According to Professor Peter Toohey, "this jealousy is not the product of a threat to an exclusive sexual relationship or jilted love affair – it is the result of one of the sisters having enjoyed more sex than the other the night before". In a letter to his friend from 1892, Gauguin wrote about the painting: "I think this is the best of what I've made so far".
The painting is housed in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia.
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- Ж-3269
In de catalogus
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- Poesjkinmuseum
- Afbeelding: Poesjkinmuseum — © Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
In het leven van Paul Gauguin
Het hele leven1870s–1891 · Werkzaam in
Paris
1886–1891 · Werkzaam in
Pont-Aven
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 · Werkzaam in
Tahiti
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.
