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E Haere oe i hia (Where Are You Going?)
Paul Gauguin
E Haere oe i hia (Where Are You Going?), 1892
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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
E Haere oe i hia (Where Are You Going?), 1892
Öl on Leinwand; Höhe-Bildträger: 92 cm; Breite-Bildträger: 69 cm; Höhe-Rahmen Außenmaß: 117,7 cm; Breite-Rahmen Außenmaß: 94 cm; Tiefe-Rahmen Außenmaß: 6,5 cm;
The painting reflects the immediate impressions Gauguin gained during his first journey to the South Seas. Yet it is less a true-to-life depiction than expression of the painter's cautious attempt to approach and to comprehend an unfamiliar culture from the vantage point of his own very different world. The young wolf held by the woman in the foreground alludes to an episode in Maori mythology. The woman represents Oviri, the goddess of death, who is watched in fearful anticipation by the two young girls in the background. At the same time, the blossom in Oviri's hair and the tropical vegetation that surrounds her, with its suggestion of a garden of paradise, are indications to Hina, the Maori goddess of fertility. The fundamental contradiction between life and death appears resolved and reconciled in this bewildering, exotic world.
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Paul Gauguin Leinwand Öl 19. Jahrhundert

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3065
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ausgestellt in der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stiftung 1969 Elly Koehler
References
Conzen, Ina: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Die Sammlung. Meisterwerke vom 14. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert, München / Stuttgart 2008, S. 177-178, Nr. 116.
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