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Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist painter born in Paris, France. The son of journalist who died when Paul was three, leaving his mother and sister to make a living on their own.At seventeen, Gauguin was a sailor in the merchant marines to satisfy his required military service. After his military service he became a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874, he began to paint on weekends. By the age of 35, with the encouragement of Camille Pissarro, he devoted himself completely to his art, having given up
his position and separated (1885) from his wife and five children. Associating himself with the Impressionists, he exhibited with them from 1879 to 1886. The next year he sailed for Panama and Martinique. In protest against the "disease" of civilization, he determined to live primitively, but illness forced him to return to France. The next years were spent in Paris and Brittany, with a
brief but tragic stay with Van Gogh at Arles.
In 1903, suffering from syphilis, Gauguin died on May 08, of an overdose of morphine and possibly heart attack before he could start a required prison sentence. His body had been weakened by alcohol and a dissipated life. He was 54 years old.
Gauguin art book contains 90+ Reproductions of Landscapes, Seascapes and Portraits, Tahiti and France, Religious scenes and Still Lifes with title and date.
Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist painter born in Paris, France. The son of journalist who died when Paul was three, leaving his mother and sister to make a living on their own.
At seventeen, Gauguin was a sailor in the merchant marines to satisfy his required military service. After his military service he became a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874, he began to paint on weekends. By the age of 35, with the encouragement of Camille Pissarro, he devoted himself completely to his art, having given up
his position and separated (1885) from his wife and five children. Associating himself with the Impressionists, he exhibited with them from 1879 to 1886. The next year he sailed for Panama and Martinique. In protest against the "disease" of civilization, he determined to live primitively, but illness forced him to return to France. The next years were spent in Paris and Brittany, with a
brief but tragic stay with Van Gogh at Arles.
In 1903, suffering from syphilis, Gauguin died on May 08, of an overdose of morphine and possibly heart attack before he could start a required prison sentence. His body had been weakened by alcohol and a dissipated life. He was 54 years old.
Gauguin art book contains 90+ Reproductions of Landscapes, Seascapes and Portraits, Tahiti and France, Religious scenes and Still Lifes with title and date.







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