Word: tahitian
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...responsible critic in France would get far enough out on a limb to credit any of Gauguin's Tahitian grandchildren with having inherited their grandfather's genius.* But France-Soir, yielding to a temptation to sentimentalize, proclaimed that the children's efforts "revealed striking gifts that only heredity could explain...
When Paul Gauguin, seeking escape from the rigors of civilization, arrived in Tahiti in 1891, he fell in love with the island and its people. One Tahitian in particular intrigued Gauguin: a golden-skinned girl of 13 named Tehura. Gauguin, who had left a lawful wife and five children in Europe, settled down with Tehura to a South Pacific existence: "Happiness inhabited my home. Each morning it rose radiant with the sun; the golden hue of Tehura's face filled the house with joy and light . . . and [she] gave herself to me ever more loving and docile...
This year the Salon set up a special section in commemoration of its birthday, called Satte 1903. The organizers tried to get together as many as possible of the works displayed in 1903. Among the souvenirs: a Rouault clown and a Tahitian painting by Gauguin. A better showing was made in the section called Hommage aux Ainés (homage to the elders), in which were displayed the works of now-famous artists who have shown at the Salon through the years. Among les Ainés: Matisse, Dufy, Utrillo. Picasso, Vlaminck, Braque, Chagall...
...right arm and the tattoos discovered on the skins of Egyptian mummies dating to 2000 B.C." In the year 787, a Roman Catholic council forbade all forms of it in Europe. It thrived among the savages. Captain Cook reported the practice on his first voyage (1768-1771), introducing the Tahitian word tatau-to mark...
...test the simple hypothesis behind TIME'S art color program - i.e., that since paintings are painted in color, it is better reporting to show them that way - look at the black-and-white reproduction of Paul Gauguin's Tahitian Landscape shown here, then turn to the Art section and compare it with the same picture in color...