Parahi te maraeis one of the most intense paintings of Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian period, in which the artist explores the deep relationship between spirituality, nature and Polynesian culture. The artwork depicts an idealised scene at the edge of a marae, an ancient sacred site used for religious ceremonies, evoked through symbols rather than through a precise architectural depiction.
Tahitian female figures, serene and motionless like icons, inhabit the space with a ritual stillness, while the lush vegetation and vivid colours create a suspended, mystical atmosphere. The flat colours and simplified compositions reveal Gauguin’s wish to translate the spirituality of the island into an essential pictorial language, far removed from the Western view. The painting thus becomes a bridge between myth and reality, a tribute to the sacred world of Polynesia, which the artist perceived as fragile and threatened by modernity.
Unique quality material
Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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