10 Interesting Paul Gauguin Facts

Those who are interested to know one of the important French Post Impressionist artists can check Paul Gauguin Facts. During his life, this man was not really famous. He was included as a notable artist after his death. It was very ironic for him. Here are the complete facts about Gauguin:

Paul Gauguin Facts 1: life span

Gauguin was born on 7 June 1848 with the full name Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin. He passed away on 8 May 1903. He was famous as an artist who loves to experiment with synthetics style and usage of color. It made him has a different character compared to the Impressionist style. That’s why he was included as a post impressionist artist.

Paul Gauguin Facts 2: influence

Probably Gauguin never realized that after his death his works influenced a lot of famous artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.  Both are included as the modern artists who liked with avant garde style. Check Henri Matisse facts here.

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Paul Gauguin Facts 3: painting collection

Sergei Shchukin was the Russian Collector who owned most works of Paul Gauguin.

Paul Gauguin Facts 4: roles

Let’s find out the roles of Paul Gauguin as an artist. He was notable as a print maker, painter, ceramist, writer, and sculptor.

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Paul Gauguin Facts 5: parents

Gauguin was the son of Alina Maria Chazal. She was the daughter of Flora Tristan who was famous as a socialist leader. His father was Clovis Gauguin who worked as a journalist.

Paul Gauguin Facts 6: the French language

Even though Gauguin’s family was from Peru, he tried to learn French. He still considered his first and preferable language as Peruvian Spanish.

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Paul Gauguin Facts 7: education

There are some local schools that he attended when he was a child. But he hated a lot when he had to attend Catholic boarding school in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin. He had to study there for three years.

Paul Gauguin Facts 8: military service

Gauguin has to serve in the military when he was 17 years old. He became the pilot assistant.

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Paul Gauguin Facts 9: Gustave Arosa

Gustave Arosa was the boyfriend of his mother. He was very rich and helped Gauguin when his mother died. Because of him, Gauguin had a job at Paris Bourse. Fortunately, he became one of the successful businessmen in Paris at the age of 23 years. In the next eleven years, he was still successful.

Paul Gauguin Facts 10: a painting

After eleven years being a businessman, Gauguin decided to become a full time painter. It made him to live like a middle class family. His marriage was apart.

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Just like Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin also experienced some sorts of depression. Do you have any comment on facts about Paul Gauguin?