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Gauguin's Nude Tahitians Give The Wrong Impression

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<strong> 'Maker Of Myth':</strong> 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 <em>hoped </em>to find in Tahiti — but didn't. Above, Gauguin's 1898 painting, <em>Faa Iheihe,</em> or, To Make Beautiful. (Tate, London)
'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)

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