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Tahitian Women on the Beach

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Tahitian Women on the Beach
ArtistPaul Gauguin
Year1891
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions69 cm × 91 cm (27.2 in × 35.8 in)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

Tahitian Women on the Beach (French: Femmes de Tahiti) is an 1891 painting by Paul Gauguin. The painting depicts two women on the Pacific island of Tahiti on the beach.

The painting is currently in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, located in Paris, France.

In 1892 Gauguin painted a similar painting Parau api, (Two Women of Tahiti) which is in the collection of the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden. In Tahitian, "parau" means word and "api" means new. Thus "parau api" means news. A common greeting is "Eaha te parau api", or what's new?

Parau api, (Two Women of Tahiti) 1892, oil on canvas, 67 x 91 cm, Galerie Neue Meister