tahitian women on the beach paul gauguinEmanating from the Post Impressionist movement, Paul Gauguin's Tahitian Women on the Beach presents an exotic and colourful vision of Polynesian life. In its bold use of primary colours, the painting depicts two seated women, one facing the viewer, the other facing the ocean stretching out behind them. There is a hint of melancholy in their contemplative gaze. It is not simply a landscape or a portrait, but a skilful marriage of these genres, also