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Paul Gauguin

1848–1903

Self-Portrait, 1889.
Self-Portrait, 1889.

Before making painting his principal occupation, Gauguin served in the merchant navy and worked as a stockbroker. He worked with Pissarro, joined later Impressionist exhibitions and developed Synthetism in Brittany. He first moved to Tahiti in 1891 and to the Marquesas in 1901.

Paintings and other works

Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana) — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana)

1893Mahana no atua (Day of the God) — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Mahana no atua (Day of the God)

1894Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)

1891Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)

1892Self-Portrait — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Self-Portrait

1889Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

1897–1898Arlésiennes (Mistral) — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Arlésiennes (Mistral)

1888Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne — Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin

Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne

1890

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Sources

Paul Gauguin · Chester Dale Collection; National Gallery of Art, Washington · Public domain (NGA Open Access) Portrait source · Licence