Gauguin

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1. Gauguin - Noun

2. Gauguin - Proper noun

Meaning

French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903)

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Art historian Diane Kelder notes that it was Pissarro who introduced Gauguin, who was then a young stockbroker studying to become an artist, to Degas and Cézanne. Source: Internet

Gauguin depicted Van Gogh in his The Painter of Sunflowers ; Van Gogh painted pictures from memory, following Gauguin's suggestion. Source: Internet

In a contemporary account, Bernard wrote that the exhibition was ahead of anything else in Paris.sfn There Bernard and Anquetin sold their first paintings, and Van Gogh exchanged work with Gauguin. Source: Internet

Coupled with increasing psychosocial tensions (including a conflict with his friend and colleague Paul Gauguin), this led to a crisis during which he cut off his ear on 23 December 1888. Source: Internet

In 1912 he visited the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne, where works by Pablo Picasso and post-Impressionists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin profoundly influenced his approach to art. Source: Internet

Gauguin encouraged his growing interest in decorative art, an interest that led Maillol to take up tapestry design. Source: Internet

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