Paul Gauguin

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Paul Gauguin

French painter

Also known as: Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin

Written by Douglas Cooper

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Last Updated: Dec 4, 2024 • Article History

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In full:: Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin

Born:: June 7, 1848, Paris, France

Died:: May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (aged 54)

Notable Works:: “Vision of the Sermon”; “Be in Love and You Will Be Happy”; “By the Sea”; “Old Women of Arles”; “The Yellow Christ”; “Tropical Vegetation”; “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”

Movement / Style:: Pont-Aven school; Post-Impressionism; Symbolism; Synthetism

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Paul Gauguin (born June 7, 1848, Paris, France—died May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor who sought to achieve a “primitive” expression of spiritual and emotional states in his work. The artist, whose work has been categorized as Post-Impressionist, Synthetist, and Symbolist, is particularly well known for his creative relationship with Vincent van Gogh as well as for his self-imposed exile in Tahiti, French Polynesia. His artistic experiments influenced many avant-garde developments in the early 20th century. Gauguin’s father was a journalist from Orléans, and his mother was of French ...(100 of 2221 words)

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