Oviri is an 1894 ceramic sculpture by the French artist Paul Gauguin. In Tahitian mythology, Oviri was the goddess of mourning and is shown with long pale hair and wild eyes, smothering a wolf with he
Paul Gauguin, Oviri (Sauvage), 1894, partially glazed stoneware, 75 × 19 × 27 cm (29.5 × 7.5 × 10.6 in), Musée d'Orsay, Paris
First issue of Le Sourire, Journal sérieux, 1899. Louvre, Cabinet des dessins
Siddharta Gautama, 8th century frieze, Borobudur
Relief from a façade in the throne room of Sargon II (Khorsabad, 713–706 BC), showing an Assyrian hero grasping a lion and a snake, Louvre
Merahi metua no Tehamana is an 1893 painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin, currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The painting is a portrait of Paul Gauguin's wife Teha'aman
Oviri
…he became editor. Danielsson believes the song echoes Gauguin's dual attachment to his Danish wife Mette and his then vahine (Tahitian for "woman") Teha'amana, his young native wife and the focal point of Noa Noa. Noa Noa contains an account of a journey into the mountains with a young man whom he eventually…
Paul Gauguin The Ancestors of Tehamana OR Tehamana Has Many Parents Google Art Project
A photograph by Charles Georges Spitz circa 1888 is often reproduced as a portrait of Teha'amana, although there is no evidence for the identification.
Charcoal study, c. 1891–1893, Art Institute of Chicago
Sculpted head, wood carving, circa 1892, Musée d'Orsay, Paris