Mahana no atua (Day of the God)

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

Date: 1894
Medium: Oil on linen canvas
Dimensions: 68 × 91 cm (26 7/8 × 36 in.); Framed: 87.7 × 110.5 × 6.4 cm (34 1/2 × 43 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection

Subjects

women abstract beach celebrations clouds colonialism figure figures France French nudes shore sky statues trees weather/seasons dancers landscapes mysteries/fantasies religious scenes water Century of Progress world's fairs Chicago World's Fairs