Paul Gauguin, 1894 - Day of God (the God of Day) - fine art print

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The 19th century artwork was created by Paul Gauguin in 1894. The beyond 120 year old original measures the size of 68 × 91 cm (26 7/8 × 36 in) and was painted with the technique oil on linen canvas. The artwork is in the the digital collection of Art Institute Chicago, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. We are happy to state that this work of art, which belongs to the public domain is provided with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. Furthermore, the artwork has the creditline: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection. The alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape and has a ratio of 4 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% longer than the width. The painter, sculptor, graphic artist Paul Gauguin was an artist, whose artistic style was mainly Impressionism. The French artist was born in the year 1848 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France and passed away at the age of 55 in 1903 in Atuona, French Polynesia.

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Day of the God is one of a small number of paintings of Tahitian subjects that Paul Gauguin made in France between his stays in the South Pacific. An imaginary rather than realistic depiction of the South Seas, it is dominated by an idol of the goddess Hina. To the right of her, women dance the upaupa, a suggestive ancient Tahitian dance that missionaries and colonial authorities tried to suppress. In a middle ground of pink sand sits a female bather flanked by ambiguously gendered figures lying on their sides. Although the arrangement of this trio seems symbolic—perhaps of birth, life, and death—Gauguin made its exact meaning an enigma.

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• The poster print on canvas material: Our poster print is a UV printed flat cotton canvas paper with a slightly roughened structure on the surface. Please bear in mind, that depending on the size of the poster we add a white margin between 2-6cm round about the painting to facilitate the framing.
• Aluminium dibond print: This is a metal print manufactured on alu dibond material with a true depth. A direct Aluminium Dibond Print is your excellent start to fine art replicas with aluminum. The white and bright parts of the original artpiece shine with a silk gloss, however without the glow. The colors are luminous in the highest definition, the fine details appear clear and crisp, and the print has a a matte look that you can literally feel.
• Printed acrylic glass: The acrylic glass print, often denoted as a plexiglass print, will convert your favorite original into lovely décor. Besides, it offers a good alternative to dibond or canvas fine art replicas. The artwork is being custom-made with the help of state-of-the-art UV print machines. This creates the impression of intense and impressive colors. The major benefit of an acrylic glass fine art print is that contrasts as well as painting details become recognizeable with the help of the precise tonal gradation of the picture. The acrylic glass protects your custom art print against light and external influences for many years to come.
• Canvas: A canvas print is a printed cotton canvas stretched on a wooden frame. Your printed canvas of your favorite masterpiece will let you turn your art print into a large size collection piece like you would see in a true gallery. How do I hang a canvas on the wall? Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, which implies that it is easy to hang your Canvas print without the help of any wall-mounts. A canvas print is suited for all kinds of walls.

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Important information: We try in order to describe our art products as closely as possible and to exhibit them visually in our shop. Although, the colors of the print materials, as well as the printing can diverge somehwat from the image on the monitor. Depending on the settings of your screen and the condition of the surface, not all colors are printed as exactly as the digital version on this website. Considering that all the are printed and processed by hand, there might as well be minor variations in the size and exact position of the motif.

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