Eiaha Ohipa

Eiaha Ohipa
Artist	Paul Gauguin
Year	1896
Type	Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions	65 by 75 centimetres (26 in × 30 in)
Location	Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Eiaha Ohipa (English: Not Working) is an 1896 oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, now in Pushkin Museum, Moscow.[1] It was produced during his second stay in Tahiti[2]

The painting depicts two young Tahitians passing the time idling in a hut smoking whilst through the window the artist can be seen painting. The motif of an open window with the silhouette of a dog can be seen in other of Gauguin's works such as his Te Faaturuma of 1891. [3]

The painting symbolises the relaxed, natural and contemplative lifestyle of the Tahiti islanders.

References

1. "Catalogue entry".
2. Ebooks Corporation. Gauguin, 1848-1903. Parkstone International, 2010.
3. "Paul Gauguin - Eiaha Ohipa". Newest Museum. Retrieved 6 January 2020.