Her Name Is Vairaumati – Paul Gauguin Art Print

A Tahitian legend of love between a god and a mortal. Vairaumati sits in profile on a blue pareo printed with white flowers, a bowl of fruit at her feet and a pink path winding behind her. Beside her stands a man in a red pareo; further back, carved idols, clusters of blue flowers and a hut with a red roof. Golden leaves at the bottom of the canvas carry the title, Vairumati tei oa.

According to Polynesian legend, the god Oro came down from the sky on a rainbow to find the most beautiful woman on earth: he chose Vairaumati, and from their union was born the Arioi society. Gauguin found the story in an old book of travels by Jacques-Antoine Moerenhout and painted it in 1892, giving Vairaumati a pose borrowed from an Egyptian fresco he knew from photographs.

Why it works on your wall

Rich and colourful: blue, pink, red and gold for a living room, a bedroom or a reading corner
A painting full of stories: myth, idols and symbols to discover a little more each day
Framing tip: a natural wood frame with a white mat, as in our photos, balances its many colours

The painting

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), a key figure of Post-Impressionism, left Paris for Tahiti in 1891, seeking a simpler, “primitive” world. His bold colours and simplified forms had a lasting influence on modern art, from the Nabis to Matisse. Her Name Is Vairaumati is in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.

Artist: Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
Date: 1892
Technique: oil on canvas
Movement: Post-Impressionism, Synthetism
Original: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Your print

Colours restored from a high-definition scan of the original
Printed in Europe on thick archival matte paper, FSC certified
From A4 to A0, plus 40×60, 50×70, 60×90 and 70×100 cm and 12×18 to 27×40 inch sizes, all made for standard frames
Free shipping, no minimum order. Shipped rolled in a sturdy tube

Pair it with Gauguin’s The Ancestors of Tehamana or When Will You Marry?, or explore our Paul Gauguin posters.

Specifications

CUSTOMIZATION :

all our posters can be customized in the margins - just ask us in the chat or by using the contact form. Posters can be printed full page, with a small margin, or with a thicker margin to give a mat effect.

How we make our prints: paper, inks and printing

SIZES : Our posters are printed in inches or in centimeters. These systems are to be preferred according to the country in which you live in order to find more easily the corresponding frames. More information about size options.

SPECIFICATIONS : Premium mat art paper, Weather-resistant. The paper mill, the pulp used to make the paper and the paper itself are all certified by the Forest Stewardship Council®.