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The artist
Paul Gauguin was a French post-impressionist painter. Only after his death did his work meet with wider recognition and appreciation. Gauguin's exotic, Tahitian creative period is renowned for the ingenious, unorthodox usage of the colour, entrenched by a conspicuous contour.

The painting
A 1892's (the datings vary between 1891 and 1894) piece of art entitled Deux Tahitiennes sur la plage (the English rendition of the title appears to have shifted the meaning a little bit, emphasising the scantiness of the models' outfit, which is absent from the original, simply stating that the piece comprises two women) is a good example of Gauguin's groundbreaking farsightedness with which he unravelled a post-impresionistic uncharted territory - as well as his mastery of arranging vividly appealing colorful shapes.

The exhibiting institution
The painting is nowadays hosted by Honolulu Museum of Art, which was bestowed with it in 1933.