Oviri (The Savage) [recto]
Paul Gauguin
1894/1895
![Oviri (The Savage) [recto] by Paul Gauguin](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/oviri-the-savage-recto-nga-42802.webp)
Medium
woodcut printed in brown on Japanese paper
Dimensions
image: 20.4 × 12.2 cm (8 1/16 × 4 13/16 in.) sheet: 37 × 19 cm (14 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1953.6.248.a
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...