Gauguin's first major painting made in Tahiti. The Virgin Mary and Christ Child appear as Tahitians, greeted by two women while a yellow-winged angel watches from the flowers. The title means "Hail Mary" in Tahitian.
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Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)
Paul Gauguin · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paul Gauguin, 1891. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).