(b. 1848, Paris, d. 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, French Polynesia)
Sulky Woman or The Silence
1891
Oil on canvas, 91 x 69 cm
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Some of Gauguin's paintings executed in Tahiti shows the melancholic mood of the painter which dominated his first period in Tahiti. The Sulky Woman is a good example.
