Paul Gauguin
Title: Paul Gauguin
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 427 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Paul Gauguin
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 427 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Paul Gauguin started off like every man. He had a job, a wife, and children. By the time he was thirty-five he completely devoted himself to his art, which caused him to leave his life as he knew it. He first sailed to Panama and Martinique to escape civilization; he was determined to live primitively. Sadly, illness forced him to move back to France where he spent some time with Van Gogh. He then spent
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Hina Te fatou is the final painting I picked. I think this showed how he completely adapted the Tahitian culture. I like how the meaning of the painting is obvious without the name, and the symbolism.
Gauguin abandoned the tradition of western naturalism and stressed linear patterns. His remarkable color harmonies infused his paintings with a profound sense of mystery. Today Gauguin is recognized as a very influential founding father of modern art