# Te avae no Maria \(The Month of Mary\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GAUGUIN, Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 96 x 75 cm

## Commentary

Te avae no Maria \(The Month of Mary\) 1899 Oil on canvas, 96 x 75 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Every May the Catholic Church holds special services dedicated to the Virgin Mary that coincide with traditional European spring festivals of pagan origin. Gauguin expresses this theme of the unity of religion and nature in images evoked by the ancient Buddhist reliefs of the Borobudur temple on the island of Java, which he discovered for himself while still in France.

## Related artworks

- [A Vase of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/a-vase-of-flowers-r92ccb2b27363b2>)
- [Above the Abyss](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/above-the-abyss-rff2bdc250c93e2>)
- [Adam and Eve \(Flight\) - Tahitian Couple Walking](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/adam-and-eve-flight---tahitian-couple-walking-ra646541c47610b>)
- [Aha oe feii? \(Are you jealous?\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/aha-oe-feii-are-you-jealous-r8b07a884b7f22a>)
- [Aita tamari vahine Judith te parari \(Annah, the Javanese Woman\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/aita-tamari-vahine-judith-te-parari-annah-the-javanese-woman-red4cc63ecb7bf3>)
- [And the Gold of Their Bodies \(Et l&#39;or de leurs corps\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/and-the-gold-of-their-bodies-et-lor-de-leurs-corps-rca9fe5cc429f03>)
- [Barbarian Music](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/barbarian-music-rc83a7b5ac32f0e>)
- [Bathing Women at a Tree](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/bathing-women-at-a-tree-ra614b74a55332e>)
- [Be Mysterious](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/be-mysterious-rbe53d63c1c2568>)
- [Blue Trees](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/blue-trees-r91a87b995d5dce>)
- [Bonjour, Monsieur Gauguin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/bonjour-monsieur-gauguin-r474dc6d90e17ca>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176/bouquet-of-flowers-rf18898de2fdb00>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)