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Gauguin, Paul
1848–1903
Nationality: France
Born: 1848, Paris
Died: 1903, Atuona
Gender: male
Movements
synthetism
Impressionism
Pont-Aven School
cloisonnism
primitivism
Symbolism
Post-impressionism
Occupations
illustrator
printmaker
painter
sculptor
visual artist
ceramicist
graphic artist
draftsperson
Biography
He was one of the leading French painters of the Postimpressionist period. He is noted for his imaginative subjects and expressive use of color, in attempts to capture a more primitive emotion in his works. He professed an appreciation of exotic peoples, whom he believed to be innocent of modern civilization's woes.
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Notable Works
- Manaò tupapaú
- The Night Café in Arles
- The Yellow Christ
- Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
- Tahitian Women on the Beach
- When Will You Marry?
- Two Tahitian Women
- Ia Orana Maria
- Parau na te Varua ino (Words of the Devil)
