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Polynesian Woman with Children, 1901. Oil on linen canvas.

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Oil on linen canvas · 97 × 74 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Post-Impressionism

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Museum title
Polynesian Woman with Children
Artist
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)
Date
1901
Medium
Oil on linen canvas
Dimensions
97 × 74 cm (38 3/16 × 29 1/8 in.); Framed: 111.2 × 88.3 × 5.8 cm (43 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Credit line
Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1848–1903

Post-Impressionism c. 1886–1905

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Polynesian Woman with Children · Paul Gauguin, 1901
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