Why it matters
An angel with yellow wings points out a Tahitian mother and child (Mary and Jesus) to two Tahitian women. Painted shortly after Gauguin arrived in Tahiti, it was his first major attempt to fuse Christian imagery with Polynesian life.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1891.
- The title means 'Hail Mary'.
- Gauguin described it in a letter: 'I'm rather happy with it.'
Based on the Wikipedia article Ia Orana Maria (CC BY-SA 4.0).
