In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more "primitive" way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology and social mores. Although the island was in fact changing—it had been colonized by the French—Gauguin painted the Tahiti of his fantasy. Here, as in so many of his canvases from the period, he depicts a native Tahitian wearing a traditional pareo . Barefoot, tranquil, and at ease in her surroundings, the woman appears to be in perfect harmony with nature.
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Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) — The Call
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) — The Large Tree
Pablo Picasso — Woman Seated on Striped Floor
Henri Matisse — Seated Nude
Henri Matisse — Le Bonheur de vivre, also called The Joy of 
Paul Cézanne — Gardener (Le Jardinier)
Paul Cézanne — Bather at the Seashore (Baigneuse au bord de 
Henri Matisse — The Sea Seen from Collioure (La Mer vue de C
Paul Cézanne — The Glade
Wassily Kandinsky — Painting with Troika
Charles Demuth — Untitled (Two Women and Three Children on t
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
