Paul Gauguin

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Paul Gauguin

French artist

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Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism. Wikipedia

Born: 7 June 1848, Paris, France

Died: 8 May 1903, Atuona, French Polynesia

Periods: Post-Impressionism, Impressionism, Modern art, Primitivism, Synthetism, Symbolism

Known for: Painting, sculpture, ceramics, engraving

Children: Pola Gauguin, Jean René Gauguin, Émile Gauguin, MORE

Quotes

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

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Artworks

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Tahitian Women on the Beach

1891

Where Do We Come From? W...

1897

The Yellow Christ

1889

Vision After the Sermon

1888

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