Reclining Tahitian Women 1894

"Reclining Tahitian Women" is an oil painting on canvas by Paul Gauguin, created in 1894. The painting depicts three Tahitian women, one sitting and two reclining, in a lush, tropical setting. Gauguin's bold use of color and flat planes, characteristic of his Synthetist style, evoke a sense of primitive beauty and the exotic. This painting, housed in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, is a prime example of Gauguin's fascination with the South Pacific and his rejection of Western artistic conventions.