The Great Buddha
The story
A large carved Buddha presides over kneeling figures in a moonlit Polynesian shrine. Gauguin painted this tall canvas in 1899 in Punaauia during his second Tahitian stay, weaving Buddhist, Christian and Polynesian elements into one devotional scene.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Year
- 1899
- Period
- Impressionist
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
