Madonna SHELL pendant Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria Hail Mary hand painted signed

Description: This beautiful SHELL pendant hand painted with Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) by Russian Artist Zemina. Size of the pendant is 6 cm ( 2.35 inches ) diameter. Total length of the beaded necklace is around 46 cm or 18 inches.Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian canvas, to a Christian theme, describing it in a letter of March 1892: "An angel with yellow wings reveals Mary and Jesus, both Tahitians, to two Tahitian women, nudes dressed in pareus, a sort of cotton cloth printed with flowers that can be draped from the waist. Very somber, mountainous background and flowering trees . . . a dark violet path and an emerald green foreground, with bananas on the left. I'm rather happy with it." Gauguin based much of the composition on a photograph he owned of a bas-relief in the Javanese temple of Borobudur. Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, France to journalist Clovis Gauguin and Alina Maria Chazal, daughter of the half-Peruvian proto-socialist leader Flora Tristan, a feminist precursor. In 1849 the family left Paris for Peru, motivated by the political climate of the period. Clovis died on the voyage, leaving eighteen-month old Paul, his mother and sister to fend for themselves. They lived for four years in Lima with Paul's uncle and his family. The imagery of Peru would later influence Gauguin in his art. It was in Lima that Gauguin encountered his first art. Alina admired Pre-Columbian pottery - Inca pots that some colonists dismissed as barbaric, his mother collected. And one of Gauguin's few early memories of his mother was of her wearing the traditional costume of Lima, one eye peeping from beneath the mysterious one-eyed veil, her manteau, that all women in Lima went out in. "Gauguin was always drawn to women with a traditional look. This must have been the first of the colourful female costumes that were to haunt his imagination." At the age of seven, Gauguin and his family returned to France. They moved to Orléans to live with his grandfather. The Gauguins came originally from around the town and were market gardeners and greengrocers - gauguin actually means 'walnut-grower'. His father had split with family tradition to become a journalist in Paris.He soon learned French, though his first and preferred language remained Peruvian Spanish, and he excelled in his studies. At seventeen, Gauguin signed on as a pilot's assistant in the merchant marine to fulfill his required military service. Three years later, he joined the French navy where he stayed for two years. In 1871, Gauguin returned to Paris where he secured a job as a stockbroker. In 1873, he married a Danish woman, Mette-Sophie Gad (1850–1920). Over the next ten years, they had five children, Emile (1874–1955), Aline (1877–1897), Clovis (1879–1900), Jean Rene (1881–1961), and Paul Rollon (1883–1961). By 1884 Gauguin had moved with his family to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he pursued a business career as a stockbroker. His middle-class family and marriage fell apart after 11 years after Gauguin was driven to paint full-time. He returned to Paris in 1885, after his wife and her family asked him to leave after he renounced the values they shared. Paul Gauguin's last physical contact with his family was in 1891. Gauguin outlived two of his children; his favorite daughter Aline died of pneumonia and son Clovis died of blood infection following a hip operation. Emile Gauguin worked as a construction engineer in the U.S and is buried in Lemon Bay Historical Cemetery, in Florida. Jean René Gauguin became a well-known sculptor and a staunch Socialist. He died on 21 April 1961 in Copenhagen. Paola (Paul Rollon) became an artist and art critic and wrote a memoir, My Father, Paul Gauguin (1937). Like his friend Vincent van Gogh, with whom in 1888 he spent nine weeks painting in Arles, Paul Gauguin experienced many bouts of depression and at one time attempted suicide. He traveled to Martinique in search of an idyllic landscape and worked as a laborer on the Panama Canal construction; where he was dismissed from his job after only two weeks. In 1891, Gauguin sailed to French Polynesia to escape European civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional". He wrote a book titled "Noa Noa" describing his experiences in Tahiti. There are some allegations that the contents of the book were fantasized and plagiarized by modern critics. Gauguin left France again on 3 July 1895, never to return. His time there, particularly in Tahiti and Hiva Oa Island, was the subject of much interest both then and in modern times due to his alleged sexual exploits. He was known to have had trysts with several prepubescent native girls, some of whom appear as subjects of his paintings. Gauguin also had several children by his mistresses: Germaine (b.1891) with Juliette Huais (1866–1955), Emile Marae a Tai (b. 1899), with Pau'ura (1899–?), and a daughter (b. 1902) with Mari-Rose. As a result of this and two-faced interest for the Polynesians, particularly for the poor reputation, There is some speculation that the Belgian artist Germaine Chardon was Gauguin's daughter. Emile Marae a Tai, illiterate and raised in Tahiti, was brought to Chicago by French journalist Josette Giraud in 1963 and became a artist of note. In French Polynesia, towards the end of his life, sick and suffering from an unhealed injury, he also got in legal trouble for taking the natives' side against French colonialists. On 27 March 1903, he was charged with libel against the governor, M Guicheray and given 3 days to prepare his defense. He was fined 500 francs and sentenced to 3 months in prison. On 2 April, he appealed for a new trial in Papeete. At the second trial, Gauguin was fined 500 francs and sentenced to one month in prison. At that time he was being supported by the art dealer Ambroise Vollard. Suffering from syphilis, he died at 11 AM on 8 May 1903 of an overdose of morphine and possibly heart attack before he could start the prison sentence. His body had been weakened by alcohol and a dissipated life. He was 54 years old. Gauguin was buried in Calvary Cemetery (Cimetière Calvaire), Atuona, Hiva ‘Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia at 2 PM next day.Refund policy: You will be 100% delighted or return within 7 days (longer if abroad) for refund excepting P&P. We take feedback very seriously, please remember if you are not happy with our service, then please contact us. FREE UK POSTAGE!!! (We take IBAN payments as well as Paypal outside UK)We speak French, English, German and Russian. 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