Paul GauguinFrankrike, 1848–1903Canoe; Tahitian Family (Te vaa)
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The Canoe (Te vaa), Paul Gauguin's painting of 1896, places a family in a Polynesian setting. It is in the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg. The island family draws on Puvis de Chavannes's Poor Fisherman, relocated within Gauguin's Polynesian world. The man's frontal shoulders and profile legs also recall ancient Egyptian figures. Drinking from a coconut shell takes on a ritual quality through the slow rhythm of the composition. The colours have changed irreversibly, so their present relationships no longer fully preserve the effect Gauguin originally established. On view in room 412.
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Картина, исполненная в Полинезии, изображает семью островитян, но ее замысел восходит к полотну французского художника Пюви де Шаванна "Бедный рыбак". Романтическое воображение Гогена питали не только впечатления от Таити, но и произведения других мастеров, памятники древних культур. Сцена перенесена в иной, экзотический мир. Его медленным ритмам подчинены линии в картине. Поза туземца напоминает фигуры в древнеегипетских росписях: фронтальное изображение плеч и профильное - ног. Жест пьющего из кокосовой скорлупы таитянина приобретает ритуальный характер. К сожалению, краски картины претерпели необратимые изменения, из-за которых колорит утратил в некоторой степени первоначальное звучание.
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I Paul Gauguins liv
Hela livet1891–1901 · Arbetsort
Tahiti
1894
Exhibition at Durand-Ruel
The exhibition at the Durand-Ruel gallery had moderate success: 11 of the 40 paintings shown were sold at fairly high prices; soon afterwards, however, Gauguin lost Durand-Ruel's patronage.
February – April 1895
Failed Auction and the Oviri Scandal
In February 1895 Gauguin tried to repeat the Hôtel Drouot auction, but without success; in April he submitted the large ceramic sculpture Oviri to the salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, whose reception caused a scandal, and wrote an indignant letter on the state of modern ceramics in Le Soir.
28 June 1895
Final Departure for Oceania
On 28 June 1895 Gauguin sailed once more for Tahiti — Eugène Carrière arranged cheap passage for him — arriving in September; he never saw Europe again. He spent the next six years mostly near Papeete, building a spacious house at Punaauia.
1897
News of the Death of His Daughter Aline
In April 1897 Gauguin received news that his beloved daughter Aline had died of pneumonia; the same month he learned that he had to vacate his house, and, taking out a bank loan for a new one, by the end of the year he was on the brink of ruin and despair.
c. 1898
Suicide Attempt
After finishing Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, Gauguin attempted suicide by taking arsenic, but the dose proved too large, and a violent fit of vomiting saved his life.
