Illustration
An 1891 oil on canvas, La Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. This was the artist's first major canvas in Tahiti. It shows the artist's interest in Christian symbolism, as revealed in a letter he wrote: "An angel with yellow wings reveals Mary and Jesus, both Tahitians, to two Tahitian women, nudes dressed in pareus...I'm rather happy with it." (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Art, M. M. o. (2022, April 27). La Orana Maria by Gauguin. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15747/la-orana-maria-by-gauguin/
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "La Orana Maria by Gauguin." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 27, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15747/la-orana-maria-by-gauguin/.
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "La Orana Maria by Gauguin." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 27 Apr 2022. Web. 22 Feb 2025.
