consent was 13 too but in gauguin's own accounts of the 1st. marriage he was already married in denmark he says it was an arranged marriage arranged an afternoon he was 43 by today's standards a lot of questions miss a good guy who's a great granddaughter. as for a great great. who is defending him he's a descent of his 1st wife the day. and she's saying that all these stories are exaggerated that even his own damning accounts semi fiction that he wrote them to entertain and to shock people so that. for her to go down was a brave man living outside of convention she's been defending him against accusations that he was something of a sex tourist that he abandoned his own family her family you know the family of her great grandmother portrayed of her. in the exhibition. is this all light to affect the price on the market as well i mean these paintings in the past couple. songs they have yeah there's an opportunity to test that quite soon as you say when will you marry was sold for $300000000.00 or it was reported at the time actually it transpire

here though is that they only serve to accentuate that it was really only in the south pacific that gauguin began to soar as an artist. he may have shown as an artist today he's even in the south pacific but there are some disturbing aspects to his behavior that. none of this is free me he's always been considered as somewhat of a dodgy character not a man of high moral standing he saw himself as an artist living outside convention and he certainly used his clothes neil and male privilege in a paradise that he thought he had discovered but may have only existed in his own head now we saw the great granddaughters saying it was normal at the time that they would marry so young in polynesia and indeed in france they. consent was 13 too but in. the counts of the 1st. marriage he was already married in denmark he says it was an arranged marriage arranged an afternoon he was 43 bites a day you stand a lot of questions that's a good guy who's great granddaughter. that's my great great. who is defending him he's a descendant his 1st wife the day. and she's saying that all these stories are exaggera

the french painter paul gauguin was one of the greatest post-impressionist painters of the 19th century but was sadly not appreciated in his lifetime and died in relative poverty in the french polynesian ma cases islands in the south pacific in 93 he's particularly renowned for his experimental use of cholera at the time and of course is portraiture the national gallery in london is currently holding the 1st ever exhibition solely devoted to his portraits. did his most famous work on the pacific island of tahiti the artist was fascinated by society's close to nature he travelled to what was then a french colony for the 1st time in 891.

the french painter paul gauguin was one of the greatest post-impressionist painters of the 19th century was sadly not appreciated in his lifetime and died in relative poverty in the french colonies in ma cases islands in the south pacific in 1003 he's particularly renowned for his experimental use of cholera at the time and of course his portraiture the national gallery in london is currently holding the 1st ever exhibition solely devoted to his portraits. his most famous work on the pacific island of. the artist was fascinated by society's close to nature he travelled to what was then a french call.

and there was a lucky escape for nascar driver brendan gauguin on monday during the race in alabama he was in a car crash where his car completely flipped over he was going 320 kilometers an hour and still managed to land his car on its wheels unbelievably gone wasn't hurt and even made fun of himself afterwards. it was ok it was just one easy quick flip and put down the only thing you want to do something that you know that's what you don't want that's word for the fear comes in but other net i'm fine and like you said some people you know if i have anything up there to her. well that's all yours for 3 we'll have more for you later back to you one easy flip yeah that's it for me for this news hour be back in a month with board of the dice. it's crazy business. to strengthen the good you have to shore do good all the more with your gum still fight against corruption. use for new chiro change heroes like new who are bad or who refuse to $15000000.00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the international ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way

there was a lucky escape for nascar driver brandon gauguin on monday during the race in alabama he was in a crash where his car completely flipped over he was going 320 kilometers an hour and still managed to land his car on its wheels unbelievably it wasn't hurt and even made fun of himself afterwards. it was ok it was just one easy quick flip and put down the only thing you're not there is something that you know that's what you don't want that's worth more the fear comes in but other net i'm fine and like you said some people you know if i have anything up there hurt all right we'll have more sports for you later his record to stand thank you well that's it from the stan grant for this news hour i'll be back in a moment with more of the dice. discover the world of al-jazeera. the best films from across on network of channels under 506 boys going to go to none of them have citizenship fresh perspectives and new insights to challenge and change the way we look at the world. how does the arab world. on al-jazeera. the bolivians salt flats. a place like no once and. for generations spaw