The writer evaluates the painting and
discusses its expressive content. The paper notes that Teha'mana was a young Tahitian
girl whom Paul Gaugin had taken as his bride. It explains that Gaugin left her and their baby in the year the portrait was painted. The writer explains that Gaugin seemed to relate to Teha'mana as a possession, painting her without emotion. The paper
discusses the use of Tahiti as a setting for Gaugin to paint in. The writer discusses Gaugin's art in the light of other art of the same period. In
conclusion, while the paper states that Gaugin should be praised for using techniques that were bold and revolutionary and that he shattered age-old concepts of painting Tahitian subjects from a European perspective, he should also be castigated for doing so at the expense of human emotions, with regard to the women in his life. Table of Contents: Evaluation of Expressive Content Historic and Stylistic Context In Conclusion Works Cited