/ Nevermore The two women and the raven in the background seems to be conspiring against the reclining woman, conscious of beeing watched. The title refers to Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven , in which a poet loss his love and hears a raven repeating endlessly 'Nevermore'. Here Gauguin suggests the loss of innocence. He was disappointed by his travel to Tahiti, where he found a corrupted society instead of the primitive paradise he had imagined. 22/01/2014 - / 19th century Collection / Active Museum

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/ Nevermore The two women and the raven in the background seems to be conspiring against the reclining woman, conscious of being watched. The title refers to Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven , in which a poet loss his love and hears a raven repeating endlessly 'Nevermore'. Here Gauguin suggests the loss of innocence. He was disappointed by his travel to Tahiti, where he found a corrupted society instead of the primitive paradise he had imagined. 22/01/2014 - / 19th century Collection / Active Museum

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