PAUL GAUGUIN

EARLY LIFE

• Paul Gauguin was born in Paris on June 7, 1848.
• When Paul was a young man he joined the French Navy, where he worked as a
• stockbroker.
• In 1873, he married a Danish women Mette Gad. They had five children together.

BECOMING AN ARTIST

• Gauguin painted in his spare time when it became more than a hobby for him.
• One of his works was accepted into the "Salon of 1876". This was an important
• art show in Paris.
• Gauguin was invited to show his works at an exhibition in 1879. His works
• appeared amount artist like Picasso, Edgar Degas, and Claude Monet.

PURSUING ART

• By 1883 he stopped working as a stockbroker to focus on his art.
• He separated from his wife and kids and moved to Brittany, France.
• In 1888 he created one of his most famous paintings "Vision of the Sermon".

MORE PAINTING

• In 1889 Gauguin painted "The Yellow Christ".
• Gauguin referred to himself as a savage, and he claimed to have Inca blood.
• Gauguin was known as one of the art worlds colorful characters.

PRACTICE

• Gauguin was friends with Van Gogh. In 1888 Van Gogh and Gauguin spent time in Goghs home in
• Arles.
• That time ended after an argument when Gogh pulled a razor on Gauguin.
• In that same year Gauguin painted the now famous oil painting "Vision After the Sermon".

MOVING

• Gauguin moved to Tahiti to barrow ideas from the native culture.
• Here he made "La Orana Maria". This was based of the Tahitian mother and
• child.
• During this time he made many other works of art, on being a sculpture
• called "Oviri", meaning savage.

LIFE IN TAHITI

• Gauguin baca me involved with a 13 year old girl who served as a model for several of his
• paintings.

BACK TO FRANCE

• In 1893 Gauguin moved back to France to sell some of his works.
• His paintings received mixed responses. He didn't sell many paintings.
• He later moved to French Polynesia where he painted "Where Do We
• Come From. What Are We? Where Are We Going?"

MORE MOVING

• In 1901 Gauguin moved to the Marquesas Islands.
• Gauguin had many heart attacks and suffered from syphilis.
• On May 3, 1903 Gauguin died in his lonely island house.
• After his death Gauguin's art received great reviews.