''Arearea'' is an 1892 work by French painter

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...

. It was one of the works Gauguin exhibited at his 1893

Durand-Ruel Paul Durand-Ruel (; 31 October 1831 – 5 February 1922) was a French art dealer associated with the Impressionism, Impressionists and the Barbizon school, Barbizon School. Being the first to support artists such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, ...

exhibition in Paris. It was bequeathed to the French state in 1961, and was in the collection of the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

. From 1986, the painting has been in the collection of the

Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) () is a museum in Paris, France, on the Rive Gauche, Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mai ...

. The prominence in his paintings of collarless free range dogs has been the subject of much speculation as to their symbolic or

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ical meaning.

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* Paintings by Paul Gauguin 1892 paintings Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay Paintings of dogs Musical instruments in art Paintings of women Oil on canvas paintings {{1890s-painting-stub