Paul Gauguin Biography Brief

Paul Gauguin--a French artist, schedule, engraver, was born in Paris in the family of a journalist and franco-parameters.

At the beginning of his biography, Paul Gauguin was a sailor, later a successful exchange broker in Paris. In the year he began to draw, at first on weekends. By the age of 35, with the support of Kamil, Pissaro Gauguin completely devoted himself to art, leaving his lifestyle, moving away from his wife and five children. Having established a connection with the impressionists, Gauguin put up his work with them for a year.

The next year, he left for Panama and Maritinics. Fighting with the "disease" of civilization, Gauguin decided to live according to the principles of primitive man. However, physical diseases made him return to France. The next years in his biography, Paul Gauguin spent in Paris, Brittany, having made a short but tragic stop in Arle with Van Gogh. In the year, Gauguin and Emil Bernard put forward a synthetic theory of art symbolism, attaching special importance to the planes and the reflection of light, unbearable colors in conjunction with symbolic or primitive objects.

He sold 30 paintings to Gauguin, and then went to Tahiti for the proceeds. There he spent two years, living poorly, drew some of his last works, and also wrote “Noa Noa” - an autobiographical novel. In the year, in the biography of Gaugen, a return to France took place. He presented several of his works. By this, the artist resumed the interest of the public, but earned very little money.

Broken in spirit, a sick syphilis, who had been painful for him for many years, Gauguin again moves to the southern seas, to Oceania. The last years of Gauguin’s life were held there, in the same place he also suffered, physically suffered. In the year, Gauguin tried to commit suicide, but could not. Then he spent another five years in drawing. He died on the island of Khiva-Aa of the Marquis Islands.

Today, Gauguin is considered an artist who had an extremely great influence on contemporary art. He abandoned traditional Western naturalism, using nature, as the starting point to abstract figures and symbols. He distinguished linear samples, amazing color harmony that impregnated his paintings with a strong sense of mystery. For his biography, Gogen revived the art of xylography, performing free, impudent work with a knife, as well as expressive, not responding to the norms of form, strong contrasts.

In addition, Gauguin created several beautiful lithographs, pottery. What are we? Were Are We Going? The work of William Somerset Moham “Moon and Grush” Moon and Sixpence, built on the events of Gauguin’s life, did a lot to promote the legend of the artist, which arose shortly after his death. Biography rating.