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Painting of a sunlit tropical clearing with large trees, a pink-roofed hut, a seated man in a straw hat, a reclining dog, and a standing woman in red.

Te raau rahi (The Big Tree)

A sunlit clearing with tall trees, a pink-roofed hut and banana plants, where a seated man in a straw hat rests beside a reclining dog and a woman in red stands at right. Painted in flat, bold colors with loose brushwork on coarse canvas, it carries the inscribed title Te raau rahi in the lower left.

Artist
Paul Gauguin
Date
1891
Medium
Oil on jute canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1330 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1891).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Kate L. Brewster

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