Eiaha ohipa (Not Working)

Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings celebrate the lushness and mysterious splendour of his new environment. At the same time they are seldom correct pictures of Tahitian life, from an anthropological standpoint, but rather feature recastings and recombinations of objects and persons taken out of their normal settings, as was the case with several of his paintings done in Brittany.

In this painting two Tahitian men are sitting in their hut, idly enjoying the taste of the tobacco. In the background the painter can be seen in long, white clothing, with a tropical hat.