
The Birth
The story
The Nativity moved to Polynesia: a tired Tahitian mother lies in the foreground while a seated woman cradles the haloed baby beside a green-winged angel, with cattle in the dim stable behind. Gauguin painted it in 1896 during his second Tahitian stay.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Year
- 1896
- Period
- Impressionist
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share