The Large Tree 1891

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-CLEV-00064 Categories: Uncategorized, Best Sellers, Giclee Prints Tag: Paul Gauguin Artist: Gauguin, Paul

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Paul Gauguin’s The Large Tree gathers seated figures beneath a broad tropical canopy. A substantial trunk rises at the left, while a woman in a long red garment stands farther right near a slender tree. Small buildings and palms extend the setting behind them. Broad passages of color bind the people to the landscape, with the tree’s spreading shelter giving the composition its principal weight.

Painted in oil in 1891, the work was among the first canvases Gauguin completed in Tahiti. Shade and sunlight become contrasting parts of its design, with dark green leaves set against brighter roof and ground colors. The figures do not overwhelm the landscape; they participate in its pattern. The painting’s quiet force lies in that relationship, making the tree’s shelter a space where human presence and the surrounding forms are brought into balance.

Read our guide to giclée prints, browse more Paul Gauguin prints, or explore Tahitian Landscape.