GAUGUIN, PaulThree Tahitians1899Oil on canvas, 73 x 94 cmNational Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

GAUGUIN, PaulThree Tahitians (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 73 x 94 cmNational Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

GAUGUIN, PaulThree Tahitians (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 73 x 94 cmNational Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

GAUGUIN, PaulThree Tahitians (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 73 x 94 cmNational Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

GAUGUIN, PaulThree Tahitians (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 73 x 94 cmNational Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

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GAUGUIN, PaulIa Orana Maria (Hail Mary)1891Oil on canvas, 114 x 88 cmMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

GAUGUIN, PaulIa Orana Maria (Hail Mary) (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 114 x 88 cmMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

GAUGUIN, PaulIa Orana Maria (Hail Mary) (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 114 x 88 cmMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

GAUGUIN, PaulIa Orana Maria (Hail Mary) (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 114 x 88 cmMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

GAUGUIN, PaulIa Orana Maria (Hail Mary) (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 114 x 88 cmMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

GAUGUIN, PaulWhat's New? (Parau Api) 1892Oil on canvasGemäldegalerie, Dresden

GAUGUIN, PaulWhat's New? (Parau Api) (detail)1892Oil on canvasGemäldegalerie, Dresden

GAUGUIN, PaulWhat's New? (Parau Api) (detail)1892Oil on canvasGemäldegalerie, Dresden

GAUGUIN, PaulWhat's New? (Parau Api) (detail)1892Oil on canvasGemäldegalerie, Dresden

GAUGUIN, PaulWhat's New? (Parau Api) (detail)1892Oil on canvasGemäldegalerie, Dresden

GAUGUIN, PaulWoman with Flower (Vahine No te Tiare)1891Oil on canvas, 70 x 46 cmNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

GAUGUIN, PaulWoman with Flower (Vahine No te Tiare) (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 70 x 46 cmNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

GAUGUIN, PaulWoman with Flower (Vahine No te Tiare) (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 70 x 46 cmNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

GAUGUIN, PaulWoman with Flower (Vahine No te Tiare) (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 70 x 46 cmNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

GAUGUIN, PaulNava Nave Moe (Sacred Spring or Sweet Dreams)1894Oil on canvas, 73 x 98 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

GAUGUIN, PaulNava Nave Moe (Sacred Spring or Sweet Dreams) (detail)1894Oil on canvas, 73 x 98 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

GAUGUIN, PaulNava Nave Moe (Sacred Spring or Sweet Dreams) (detail)1894Oil on canvas, 73 x 98 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

GAUGUIN, PaulNava Nave Moe (Sacred Spring or Sweet Dreams) (detail)1894Oil on canvas, 73 x 98 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

GAUGUIN, PaulNava Nave Moe (Sacred Spring or Sweet Dreams) (detail)1894Oil on canvas, 73 x 98 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Spectre Watches over Her (Manao Tupapau)1892Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cmAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Spectre Watches over Her (Manao Tupapau) (detail)1892Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cmAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Spectre Watches over Her (Manao Tupapau) (detail)1892Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cmAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Spectre Watches over Her (Manao Tupapau) (detail)1892Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cmAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Spectre Watches over Her (Manao Tupapau) (detail)1892Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cmAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

GAUGUIN, PaulTahitian Women on the Beach1891Oil on canvas, 69 x 91 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

GAUGUIN, PaulTahitian Women on the Beach (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 69 x 91 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

GAUGUIN, PaulTahitian Women on the Beach (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 69 x 91 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

GAUGUIN, PaulTahitian Women on the Beach (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 69 x 91 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

GAUGUIN, PaulTahitian Women on the Beach (detail)1891Oil on canvas, 69 x 91 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Siesta 1892-1894Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Siesta (detail)1892-1894Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Siesta (detail)1892-1894Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Siesta (detail)1892-1894Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Siesta (detail)1892-1894Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

GAUGUIN, PaulThe Siesta (detail)1892-1894Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

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GAUGUIN, Eugène Henri Paul

Gaugin Paul was a French Post-Impressionist painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and write, and was an important figure in the Symbolist movement, and his

experimentation was indicative of the Synthetist style of modern art.

He also paved the way to the appreciation of primitivism, as his paintings employed many of the simplistic techniques employed by Naïve artists.

As an individual he was prone to bouts of depression and once attempted suicide. As a painter, he was disappointed with Impressionism, as he felt that the tradition of European painting had simply become imitative, and lacked the symbolic depth that he desired. He also thoroughly enjoyed the art of Africa and Asia, which was full of

symbolic depth, vigor, and meaning. In his escape from the traditional European paintings, he sought to find a tropical paradise, in which he could paint in an

increasingly primitive style and live off the land.

Lacking recognition for his work and with no money, he sailed to the tropical islands of Tahiti and Marquesas, in French Polynesia. His

exploits there generated much interest, especially his reputed sexual exploits with young native girls, some of which appear as the

subjects in his paintings.

In Polynesia, he often sided with the natives in their conflicts with the church and colonial authorities, eventually writing a book about his experiences there. Gaugin’s physical escape allowed his stylistic

escape of post-Renaissance painting, as he paid little attention to classical perspective and eliminated gradations of color and

shading. Inspired by the primitivism of the countries in which he lived, he also used primitive elements in his paintings to great

success.