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"Te Bourao II", which depicts a stream with
birds and flowers in a rich palette of blues and greens, was
painted in 1897 when Gauguin was living on the Polynesian island
of Tahiti.
The artwork was the only Gauguin still in private hands and one
of a series of nine paintings produced by the artist while
working on a much larger project later titled "Where Do We Come
From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"
Born in Paris in 1848, Gauguin was influential in the symbolist
movement as a painter, sculptor and ceramist, and gained wider
fame after his death in 1903. He also influenced artists like
Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.
(Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Richard Chang)
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