# There Is the Temple \(Parahi Te Marae\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GAUGUIN, Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gauguin-paul-re56fd9df289176>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 68 x 91 cm

## Commentary

Gauguin never actually saw the enormous, monstrous idol which he painted in the background of this painting \(and in many other Tahitian scenes\). He drew them from small and middle-sized effigies.

## 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>)