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Paul Gauguin
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- Died:
- May 8, 1903 (aged 54) Hiva Oa French Polynesia
- Notable Works:
- “Be in Love and You Will Be Happy” “By the Sea” “Old Women of Arles” “The Yellow Christ” “Tropical Vegetation” “Vision After the Sermon” “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”
- Movement / Style:
- Pont-Aven school Post-Impressionism Symbolism Synthetism
Paul Gauguin, in full Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin, (born June 7, 1848, Paris, France—died May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia), 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 ...(100 of 2219 words)