Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was an extremely influential Post-Impressionist French painter. He went on a trip to Tahiti in hope of inspiration, he turned his focus to the beautiful and serene native women and these paintings have become very famous. The one I have chosen is titled Two Tahitian Women and I think it is a good example of gender discourse.
The Tahitian culture at the time was very accepting of the human body and people had no shame walking around half naked. Gauguin’s paintings represent a culture that has yet to be touched by ‘civilisation’. The culture was more centred around nature and freedom rather than the dull repetition of the European life Gauguin knew. His paintings