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Paul Gauguin was first a sailor, then a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874 he began to paint at weekends as a Sunday painter. Nine years later, after a stock-market crash, he felt confident of his ability to earn a living for his family by painting and he resigned his position and took up the painter's brush full time. Following the lead of Cézanne, Gauguin painted still-lifes from the very beginning of his artistic career. He even owned a still-life by Cézanne, which is shown in Gauguin's painting Portrait of Marie Lagadu. The year 1891 was crucial for Gauguin. In that year he left France for Tahiti, where he stayed till 1893. This stay in Tahiti determined his future life and career, for in 1895, after a sojourn in France, he returned there for good. In Tahiti, Gauguin discovered primitive art, with its flat forms and violent colours, belonging to an untamed nature. With absolute sincerity, he transferred them onto his canvas. His paintings from then on reflected this style: a radical simplification of drawing; brilliant, pure, bright colours; an ornamental type composition; and a deliberate flatness of planes. Gauguin termed this style "synthetic symbolism".
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Publish dateJul 1, 2011
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Table of contents
1Gauguin
2© Parkstone International © Confidential Concepts, worldwide, New York, USA
3Biography
4Gauguin to his house at Atuona – “Maison du
51881 oil on canvas, 19 x 27 cm Fine Arts Museum, Rennes
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6In his regular report to Paris, the bishop
7the sudden death of a contemptible individual
8about art and to the ill-concealed greediness of
91884 oil on canvas, 46 x 55.5 cm private collection, Lausanne
10For example, the policeman of Atuona
111884 oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
12and work. The artist’s words about posthumous
13Dieppe Beach
14inimitable works, the definitive works of a great
151885 oil on canvas, 71.5 x 71.5 cm Ny Carlsberg Glypotek, Copenhagen
16Corner of a Pond
171885 oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan
18In the same year, 1903, Ambroise Vollard
19paintings and drawings by Gauguin. Some
201885 oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm private collection
21Two hundred and twenty-seven works (not
22his place in art, the different, even mutually
23Self-Portrait near Golgotha
24Europe with mistrust and suspicion, for they
251886 oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm Museum of Art, Hiroshima
26Such controversial opinions of Gauguin’s
271886 oil on canvas, 72 x 91 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich
281886 charcoal and pastel, 32.8 x 48 cm Art Institute, Chicago
29Young Breton Seated
30government) in the election to the National
311888 73 x 92 cm National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
32The recollections of simple, natural relations
331888 oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm Ordrupgaardsamlingen, Copenhagen
34carefree life. At school in Orleans and later at
351888 oil on canvas, 91 x 72 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
36and Danish coasts.
371888 oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm private collection, Lausanne
38In April 1871, after the disbandment of the
391888 oil on canvas, 49 x 58 cm private collection
40the atmosphere in Arosa’s house as the owner
411888 oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Art Institute, Chicago
421888 oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm private collection
43Arosa's example, as well as his own
44A decisive part in Gauguin’s initiation into
45Still Life with Fruits
46and then from the sculptor Jules Ernest Bouillot.
471888 oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Ordurupgaardsamlingen, Copenhagen
48his job at Bertin’s due to a financial crisis, it
49Self-Portrait “Les Misérables”
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