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 mark 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 93 he's particularly renowned for his experimental use of color 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. 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. for a long time we thought these 2 fish to fish and portraits were sort of generic to haitians but now we understand that he knew these people very well he was in constant contact with them. also repeatedly entered into sexual relations with young girls while on tour he marrying 2 of them and fathering children. the 1st of those wives can be seen in one of his most famous paintings. he's highly proprietor on many levels and we felt it was important to show sp

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.