 Gallery for Gauguin |
| Paul Gauguin |
| Paul Gauguin was born in 1848 in a
family of Republican journalist and spent his childhood in Lima(Peru).He went to sea from
1865 to 1871,then worded in banking from 1871 to 1883 in Paris.In 1873 he married the
Danish woman Mette Gad with whom he had five children.In 1874 he met Pissarro and other
Impressionists,began to study the Academie Colarossi and exhibited at the Salon for the
first time in 1876.In 1881 he painted with Pissarro and Cezanne. In 1882 he moved to Rouen,then to Copenhagen,and got into financial distress.He returned to Paris in 1885,leaving his family in Denmark.In Paris he became acquainted with the brothers van Gogh and travelled with the painter Laval to Panama in 1887.He exhibited at Theo van Gogh's gallery.In 1891 after auctioning his works,he travelled to Taniti in order to escape from European urban civilization. From 1893 to 1895 he stayed in Paris,Copenhagen and so on.From 1895 to 1901 he was again to Tahiti,also producing sculptural work.His physical condition worsened,aggravated by alcohol.In 1897 he published his autobiographical writings,which are still read today.In 1898 he tried to make commit suicide.In 1900 the art dealer offered him a contract. In 1901 Gauguin removed to the marquesa island,where he fought against the colonial administration and was sentenced in 1903. |