Who painted “Ia Orana Maria”?

“Ia Orana Maria” was painted by Paul Gauguin in 1891. Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What to look for

Paul Gauguin: flat areas of strong, unnatural colour inside dark outlines; Breton peasants and Tahitian women, still and monumental, in a dreamlike setting.

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. Wikipedia

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More by Paul Gauguin

“Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”, 1897
“When Will You Marry?”, 1892
“Tahitian Women on the Beach”, 1890
“Manaò tupapaú”, 1892
“The Yellow Christ”, 1889
“Aha Oe Feii?”, 1892
“Vision After the Sermon”, 1888
“Nevermore”, 1897