7. Paul Gauguin – Nevermore. 1897, 61 x 116cm. The painting sets up a triangular relationship between the nude figure, the bird, seemingly watching, and the clothed figures in the background, turned away and talking. Gauguin: “I wished to suggest by means of a simple nude a certain long-lost barbarian luxury. . . . Man’s imagination alone has enriched this dwelling with his fantasy. As a title, Nevermore; not the raven of Edgar Poe, but the bird of the devil that is keeping watch”.