Spirit of the Dead Watching
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Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Symbolist painting
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oil painting → painting → |
| artHistoricalContext |
Post-Impressionism
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| artist |
Paul Gauguin
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| cataloguedIn |
Gauguin catalogue raisonné
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| collection |
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
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| colorPalette |
deep blues
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violet tones → yellow tones → |
| completionDate |
1892
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| countryOfOrigin |
French Polynesia
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| creator |
Paul Gauguin
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| creatorNationality |
French
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| depicts |
Tahitian girl
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bedroom interior → fear → ghostly figure → spirit of the dead → |
| genre |
genre painting
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nude painting → |
| hasReference |
tupapau (spirit of the dead in Tahitian belief)
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| hasTheme |
Polynesian spirituality
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colonial gaze → death → eroticism → fear and anxiety → |
| imageSubjectAge |
adolescent girl
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| inception |
1892
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| influencedBy |
Polynesian beliefs about spirits
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Tahitian mythology → |
| languageOfTitle |
Tahitian
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| location |
Buffalo, New York
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| materialUsed |
oil paint
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| movement |
Symbolism
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| notableFor |
combination of Western and Polynesian motifs
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depiction of a frightened nude adolescent → symbolic use of color → |
| originalTitle |
Manao tupapau
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| owner |
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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| partOf |
Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian period
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| period |
Gauguin’s first Tahitian stay
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| placeOfCreation |
Tahiti
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| support |
burlap
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canvas → |
| title |
Spirit of the Dead Watching
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| year |
1892
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Paul Gauguin
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Spirit of the Dead Watching
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title |