Colorful contemporary painting on Gauguin and Tahiti

In 1891, Gauguin went to Tahiti. He wanted to "live there in ecstasy, calm and art". The artist Amaury Dubois, inspired by the elegant and decorative lines of the painting Parau Api, created a painting that uses the synthetic lines, simplified forms, powerful graphics and vivid tones of the work. The curves cutting into the surface emphasize the languid attitude of the women sitting on the beach. The lines and the liveliness of the colors, closer to Matisse, remind us that life is here, joyful with the music of the sea and the instruments that will soon make the women dance.

The foliage curls up and embellishes the hair of the two seated women who are talking and confiding in each other. One is wearing a flowered sarong and the other a blue and yellow striped sarong that contrasts with the waves that the artist Amaury Dubois has created and that surround her. Nature is exuberant, protective and enveloping. The two apples of Gauguin, on the front of the painting, have become bracelets, jewels that nature brings as a gift? But they move... too.

This painting on canvas by the artist inspired by Gauguin's painting, takes us far away on a journey, both physical and mental. Tahiti, the Pacific and its beaches, where calm and relaxation make us forget the daily stress. Moreover by the spirit the journey continues through the bright colors, in a contemporary and colorful painting where the most banal object acquires a surreal dimension ... "This is not an apple" ...

Oil painting on canvas - Contemporary painting - Reinterpretation of famous paintings.

162 x 130 cm - 2015

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About the Artist

Amaury Dubois  
Born in 1980 and originally from Lille in the North of France. The artist draws his inspiration from the world around us. With his so particular style, which he has named “Courbisme” and his exacerbated vision of reality, Amaury Dubois creates colourful contemporary artworks, rich in life and emotion. World-renowned, he has also carried out numerous large-scale projects, such as the largest contemporary fresco ever created in a church in France at Châtelaillon-Plage, the creation of custom-made frescoes for the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium in Lille and the use of one of his paintings for a McDonald’s advertising campaign.

Signed & Limited Edition Fine Art Prints

Amaury Dubois offers you a selection of his artworks as fine art prints. The reproduction is made on high-end art paper in order to preserve every nuance of the original paintings. 

The fine art prints are all limited, numbered and signed by the artist's hand and delivered with certificate of authenticity.