This piece is representative of Gauguins
style with it's vivid colors and the exotic
content. It also shows the way he thought about the colinization of the
tropics by Europeans and the defraying of their
culture.
Spirit of the dead
watching
Who-
Paul Gauguin What- Oil on Canvas When- 1892 Where-Tahiti Why- Romantic art began with an
admiration of exotic lands surrounding Europe as well as the natives who
inhabited those lands.