Paul Gauguin, c1891
Paul Gauguin(1848-1903)
Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist. Gauguin recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism.
Gauguin's art became popular after his death, partially from the efforts of art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who organized exhibitions of his work. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia, and most of his paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region.
Gauguin's work was influential to the French avant-garde, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. He was also an important figure in the Symbolist movement. His expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral.
Gauguin's art became popular after his death, partially from the efforts of art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who organized exhibitions of his work. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia, and most of his paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region.
Gauguin's work was influential to the French avant-garde, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. He was also an important figure in the Symbolist movement. His expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral.
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