Tahitian Women on the Beach, 69×90 cm, 1891. Held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. After a fierce quarrel with Van Gogh and discord with fellow painter Bonnard in Pont-Aven, Brittany, Gauguin felt ashamed and began to crave seeking a primitive Eden far away. With Madame Roux's advice, he resolved to leave civilization, crossing thousands of miles by sea to arrive at the pure land of Tahiti. Paradise is always elsewhere; Gauguin's art and life finally found rebirth here, cultivating an extraordinary modern artistic vision and worldview.

Arriving in Tahiti filled Gauguin with unprecedented vitality. Under his uninhibited sensibility, his most passionate colors and expressive forms emerged. This painting is one of Gauguin's early Tahitian series works. In his exploration of primal essence, it depicts simple women in traditional Tahitian attire sitting on the beach—one facing the viewer, the other extending into the inner space. Their stout upper bodies and thick arms create spatial depth. The distinct flat coloring, under contrasting light and dark tones, poetically presents a timeless, primitive paradise atmosphere. Gauguin believed: "Regarding our feelings, color itself is a mystery, all of it incredible."