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During the years of 1885 through 1914 some artists used a type of art known as Primitivism. This primitive aesthetic was designed to get away from the industrialized and urbanized subjects of pieces. Many artists traveled into uncivilized cultures to experience in full the connection between man and nature. After enlightened the artist would then be able to express thought through painting. One of the most enthusiastic painters to travel to far away cultures was Paul Gauguin. He was considered to be the rebel against modern society. Gauguin loved the presence of nature and natural form and a longing to travel to far-away, exotic places. With that, he could reinvent what he saw and express what others couldn’t see. Gauguin traveled to Tahiti in 1891 to experience the native ways. In Tahiti Gauguin was shocked to find that Western missionaries and colonials had infringed on the native culture life. A place once characteristically known to be settled with people, who mainly lived off the land, was known filled with French government officials. In addition, clothing trends had changed in the inhabitants as most women were now seen wearing long dresses as opposed to more revealing clothing. Tahiti also didn’t have the nat