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Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin. By Gabrielle M. Cruz. Self portraits. Facts. 1. Paul Gauguin was born June 7, 1848 in Paris, France. 2. His full birth name was Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin. 3. In 1849 his father’s politics forced the family into exile, they had to move to Peru.

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Paul Gauguin

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  1. Paul Gauguin By Gabrielle M. Cruz

  2. Self portraits

  3. Facts • 1. Paul Gauguin was born June 7, 1848 in Paris, France. • 2. His full birth name was Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin. • 3. In 1849 his father’s politics forced the family into exile, they had to move to Peru. • 4. His father died on the journey to South America. • 5. At age 17 he joined the Merchant Navy. • 6. In 1873, he married a Dutch woman named Mette Gad. The couple eventually had five children. • 7. He died in May 8, 1803.

  4. More Facts 1. French artist Paul Gauguin’s was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. He created his own unique painting style. 2. His bold, colorful, simplified forms and strong lines, significantly influenced Modern art. 3. He didn’t have any art formal training. 3. Influenced by van Gogh 4.Gauguin's influence on artists and movements in the early 20th century include Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, André Derain, Fauvism, Cubism, and Orphism

  5. “Vision of the Sermon” One of his most famous paintings (1888)

  6. “The Yellow Christ” • Portrayal of the crucifixion of Jesus(1889)

  7. More Paintings of Gauguin

  8. Legacy The vogue of Gauguin’s work started soon after his death. In 2003, the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center opened in Atuonain the Marquesas Island. Part of his collection is displayed in the Pushkin Museum and the Hermitage. Gauguin has been sainted by Ecclesia GrosticaCatholica (Wikepedia).

  9. Quotes • Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them. -Paul Gauguin • Art is either plagiarism or revolution. -Paul Gauguin • I shut my eyes in order to see. -Paul Gauguin

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