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Paul Gauguin

French Post-Impressionist known for vivid color and Synthetist style.

Paul Gauguin

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The artist Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin, who lived from 7 June 1848 to 8 May 1903, created paintings, sculptures, prints, ceramics, and writings, and his output is mainly linked to the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements.[1] Wood engraving and woodcuts as artistic media were significantly advanced by Gauguin's work.[1] Following Gauguin's death, the dealer Ambroise Vollard helped increase the popularity of his art by mounting exhibitions of his pieces late in Gauguin's career and by arranging two major posthumous shows in Paris.[2]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin
Born
7 June 1848
Birthplace
Paris, France
Died
8 May 1903
Place of death
Atuona, Marquesas Islands
Field
  • Painting
  • sculpture
  • ceramics
  • engraving
Movement
  • Post-Impressionism
  • Primitivism
  • Synthetism

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Gauguin was born in Paris to Clovis Gauguin and Aline Chazal on 7 June 1848.[3] In 1850, Clovis departed for Peru with his family but died of a heart attack en route.[4] At age 14, he entered a naval preparatory school in Paris.[5] After the stock market crash of 1882, Gauguin lost his bank job and devoted himself entirely to his career as an artist.[6]

In 1887, Gauguin left France with his friend Charles Laval and found work as a laborer on the French construction of the Panama Canal.[7] Because the newspaper he wrote for was shut down by French authorities, Gauguin's father, a liberal journalist aged 34, had to flee France.[3] Returning to Paris in 1871, Gauguin obtained employment as a stockbroker.[8] As a stockbroker in 1879, Gauguin's annual income was 30,000 francs.[6]

At the eighth Impressionist exhibition, which took place in May 1886, Gauguin showed 19 paintings plus one wood relief.[9]

What the cited sources add

Lhote particularly recommended two pictures: one of Tahiti, and the other of a "Christ who looks like Gauguin himself"[6] A walking itinerary published by bonjourparis.com lists Gauguin's birthplace at 56, rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.[10] Lafcadio Hearn's 1890 book about two years spent in the French West Indies offers a historical context that complements Gauguin's pictures.[11][12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Prints by Paul Gauguin", Australian National University; "Woodcut and Wood Engraving", TheFreeDictionary.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Salon d'Automne, "Catalogue de peinture, dessin, sculpture, gravure, architecture et arts décoratifs: exposés au Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées", Ch. Hérissey, 1903, p. 69; Salon d'Automne, "Catalogue des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, dessin gravure, architecture et art décoratif", Société du Salon d'automne, 1906, p. 191 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bowness 1971, p. 3; Bowness 1971, p. 3; Bowness 1971 Napoleon III]]., p. 3-4 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bowness 1971, p. 3 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mathews 2001, p. 14; Mathews 2001, p. 14; Perruchot, "La Vie de Gauguin", Hachette, 1961, p. 44 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "The Business of Art: Evidence from the Art Market", getty.edu, 2004. facts only, no text reused. getty.edu
  7. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McCullough, "The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914", Simon Schuster, 1 June 2004, p. 174 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Thompson, "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art", Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, p. 49; "The Business of Art: Evidence from the Art Market", getty.edu, 2004 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gersh-Nesic, "The Eighth Impressionist Exhibition – 1886", arthistory.about.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Bain-Smith, "Gauguin: Where he lived and loved", bonjourparis.com. facts only, no text reused. bonjourparis.com
  11. Wikipedia, "Paul Gauguin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hearn, "Two years in the French West Indies", New York, Harper & brothers, 25 February 1890 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Hearn, "Two years in the French West Indies", New York, Harper & brothers, 25 February 1890. facts only, no text reused. archive.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Paul Gauguin (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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