Day at the beach
It’s summer and who wouldn’t want to go to the beach? Playing in the sand used to be a popular activity, so much so that many artists have paintings depicting a day at the beach. Take a look at this one for example.
Tahitian Women on the Beach is an 1891 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. He painted this on arrival at Tahiti where he went for inspiration. He wanted to paint the Polynesian life, and he began painting the people and the colonial influence on them. This painting shows two women on the Pacific island of Tahiti at the beach. It is an oil painting and is currently in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay, located in Paris, France.
Here’s an activity for you, the image below is the original. The one below it has errors. Can you spot the differences?
