French
1848-1903
Paul Gauguin Art Locations
(born June 7, 1848, Paris, France ?? died May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He spent his childhood in Lima (his mother was a Peruvian Creole). From c. 1872 to 1883 he was a successful stockbroker in Paris. He met Camille Pissarro about 1875, and he exhibited several times with the Impressionists. Disillusioned with bourgeois materialism, in 1886 he moved to Pont-Aven, Brittany, where he became the central figure of a group of artists known as the Pont-Aven school. Gauguin coined the term Synthetism to describe his style during this period, referring to the synthesis of his paintings formal elements with the idea or emotion they conveyed. Late in October 1888 Gauguin traveled to Arles, in the south of France, to stay with Vincent van Gogh. The style of the two men work from this period has been classified as Post-Impressionist because it shows an individual, personal development of Impressionism use of colour, brushstroke, and nontraditional subject matter. Increasingly focused on rejecting the materialism of contemporary culture in favour of a more spiritual, unfettered lifestyle, in 1891 he moved to Tahiti. His works became open protests against materialism. He was an influential innovator; Fauvism owed much to his use of colour, and he inspired Pablo Picasso and the development of Cubism.
mk247
1888,oil on canvas,28.75x36.25 in,72.2x91 cm,national gallery of scotland,edinburgh,uk
mk247
1888,oil on canvas,28.75x36.25 in,72.2x91 cm,national gallery of scotland,edinburgh,uk
mk247
1897,oil on canvas,23.875x45.625 in,60.5x116 cm,courtauld institute of art gallery,london,uk
mk247
1897,oil on canvas,23.875x45.625 in,60.5x116 cm,courtauld institute of art gallery,london,uk
mk248 konsrnarskolonin i pont-aven var der stalle dar gauguin forst forsokte atervanda till naturen genom att bara fiskartroja tratofflor. byn i bretagne beundrades av konstnarerna for sina folrliga traditioner som enligt deras synsatt borta fran korruptionen i staderna.
mk248 konsrnarskolonin i pont-aven var der stalle dar gauguin forst forsokte atervanda till naturen genom att bara fiskartroja tratofflor. byn i bretagne beundrades av konstnarerna for sina folrliga traditioner som enligt deras synsatt borta fran korruptionen i staderna.
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Jacob struggled with the Angels
Jacob struggled with the Angels
Painting ID:: 56971
mk250 Year in 1888. Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.7 cm. National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.
mk250 Year in 1888. Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.7 cm. National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.
French
1848-1903
Paul Gauguin Art Locations
(born June 7, 1848, Paris, France ?? died May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He spent his childhood in Lima (his mother was a Peruvian Creole). From c. 1872 to 1883 he was a successful stockbroker in Paris. He met Camille Pissarro about 1875, and he exhibited several times with the Impressionists. Disillusioned with bourgeois materialism, in 1886 he moved to Pont-Aven, Brittany, where he became the central figure of a group of artists known as the Pont-Aven school. Gauguin coined the term Synthetism to describe his style during this period, referring to the synthesis of his paintings formal elements with the idea or emotion they conveyed. Late in October 1888 Gauguin traveled to Arles, in the south of France, to stay with Vincent van Gogh. The style of the two men work from this period has been classified as Post-Impressionist because it shows an individual, personal development of Impressionism use of colour, brushstroke, and nontraditional subject matter. Increasingly focused on rejecting the materialism of contemporary culture in favour of a more spiritual, unfettered lifestyle, in 1891 he moved to Tahiti. His works became open protests against materialism. He was an influential innovator; Fauvism owed much to his use of colour, and he inspired Pablo Picasso and the development of Cubism.