Paul Gauguin - Tahitian woman and two children 1901
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Tahitian woman and two children 1901
97x74cm oil/canvas
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Art Institute of Chicago:
In this painting, the young boy in the woman’s lap may be Paul Gauguin’s son, born to his Tahitian lover Pahura. The boy was named Emil after the artist’s eldest legitimate child. The older woman may be the boy’s grandmother. This composition recalls the common Christian image of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and young Saint John the Baptist, although here the older child is presumably a girl.