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Tropical Vegetation

painting by Gauguin

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  • Paul Gauguin
    In Paul Gauguin: Beginnings

    …painted on Martinique, such as Tropical Vegetation (1887) and By the Sea (1887), reveal his increasing departure from Impressionist technique during this period, as he was now working with blocks of color in large, unmodulated planes. Upon his return to France late in 1887, Gauguin affected an exotic identity, pointing…

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