Tahitian Women Bathing, 1892 by Paul Gauguin

About the artwork Painted during Gauguin's first stay in Tahiti in 1892, this work depicts Tahitian women at the water's edge in a natural outdoor setting. The figures are rendered with simplified contours and broad areas of flat color, drawing on the synthesis of Polynesian imagery and Post-Impressionist technique. The work belongs to a significant body of paintings produced during his years in French Polynesia. About the artist Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist artist. His bold use of color and symbolic, exotic subjects profoundly influenced modern art.