
Copy of Manet's Olympia
The story
Gauguin's own painted copy of Manet's scandalous reclining nude Olympia, made in 1891 directly from the original in a Paris museum before he left for Tahiti. He later took a photo of the picture with him to the Pacific and used it as the starting point for several of his island nudes.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin after Édouard Manet
- Year
- 1891
- Period
- Impressionist
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share