Nativity
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Date
- 1896 ; French Polynesia
- Style
- Post-impressionism
- Genre
- Genre painting
- Location
- Neue Pinakothek
"Nativity", or "Te tamari no atua", is an 1896 genre painting by post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. Rendered in oil on canvas, this piece is housed in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. The medium of oil successfully brings out Gauguin's unique blending of colors and expressive brushwork typical of post-impressionism. This masterpiece beautifully combines symbolism with the visual realities of Polynesian life to depict a Nativity scene, demonstrating the artist's devotion to painting scenes from everyday life, a feature of genre painting.
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