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Paul Gauguin
1848–1903
A restless, fiercely original artist, he helped push painting away from realism and toward bold color, simplified forms, and emotional intensity. His life was as dramatic as his art, moving from Paris and Brittany to the South Pacific in search of a different way to live and create.
3 Audiobooks
Noa Noa
by Paul Gauguin, Charles Morice
Avant et Après Avec les vingt-sept dessins du manuscrit original
by Paul Gauguin
Noa Noa
by Paul Gauguin
About the author
Born in Paris on June 7, 1848, Paul Gauguin spent part of his childhood in Peru before returning to France. He worked as a merchant seaman and later as a stockbroker, painting seriously while building a conventional family life, but in time he gave that world up to pursue art completely.
Gauguin became one of the key figures of Post-Impressionism and Symbolism. He experimented across painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and writing, and he is especially remembered for his daring color, flat shapes, and dreamlike imagery. His time in Brittany, his difficult friendship with Vincent van Gogh, and his later years in Tahiti and the Marquesas all shaped the work that made him influential to many modern artists.
He died on May 8, 1903, in Atuona in the Marquesas Islands. Although his reputation grew most strongly after his death, his work is now seen as a major force in the development of modern art.