AdvertisementOpinionGauguin's Nude Tahitians Give The Wrong ImpressionMarch 15, 2011Susan StambergfacebookEmail 'Maker Of Myth': A new exhibit at the National Gallery explores how French post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin didn't let reality stop him from painting the primitive island culture he'd hoped to find in Tahiti — but didn't. Above, Gauguin's 1898 painting, Faa Iheihe, or, To Make Beautiful. (Tate, London)