Paul Gauguin
Tahitian Women on the Beach
From $80
This painting is deep red, cobalt blue and gold, and a cheap copy dulls the red dress. Our Gauguin Faaturuma print was graded from a high-resolution master so the colours stay strong.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
12x16 inch, 18x24 inch, 30x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall shape suits a bedroom, a hallway or a narrow wall. The reds and blues look fresh with cream, sage and natural oak, and a black or natural oak frame suits it.
About the painting
Faaturuma (Melancholic) by Paul Gauguin
Tahiti, 1891
A Tahitian woman sits in a rocking chair in a red, Western-style dress and a gold marriage band, brought to the islands by missionaries.
Melancholic
Faaturuma roughly means melancholic or brooding. Gauguin showed it in Paris at Durand-Ruel in 1893, and in London in 1910.
Kansas City
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art bought it in 1938.
Read the story
A woman with long black hair sits in a rocking chair. She wears a long red dress, against a deep blue wall.
Paul Gauguin painted her in Tahiti in 1891, the year he arrived.
Her dress is Western in style, and she wears a gold marriage band, both brought to the islands by Catholic missionaries.
Gauguin gave the picture a Tahitian title, Faaturuma, which means, roughly, melancholic, or brooding.
In November 1893, back in Paris, he showed it at the Durand-Ruel gallery, in an exhibition that Degas helped to organise, under the title Mélancolique.
It later belonged to George-Daniel de Monfreid, who sold it to the dealer Ambroise Vollard in December 1901.
It was shown again and again: at the Salon d'Automne in 1906, and in London in 1910. In 1938 the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City bought it.
Look at the red of her dress against the blue of the wall.
Faaturuma. Paul Gauguin, 1891.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
