Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and writer. He lived a life of extreme ups and downs. Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, France. In 1851, the family left Paris for Peru, motivated by the political climate of the period. Clovis died on the voyage.Gauguin had been interested in art since his childhood. In his free time, he began painting.As he progressed in his art, Gauguin rented a studio, and showed paintings in Impressionist exhibitions held in 1881 and 1882.

Gauguin's relationship with Van Gogh was rocky. Gauguin had shown an early interest in Impressionism, and the two shared bouts of depression and suicidal tendencies. In 1888, Gauguin and Van Gogh spent nine weeks together, painting in the latter's Yellow House in Arles. During this time, Gauguin became increasingly disillusioned with Impressionism, and the two quarreled.

He liked Tahiti, so he usually want to go to Tahiti. Living in Mataiea Village in Tahiti, he painted "Fatata te Miti", and then lived the rest of his life in the Marquesas Islands, returning to France only once, when he painted at Pont-Aven.

In 1903, due to a problem with the church and the government, he was sentenced to three months in prison and fined. At that time he was being supported by the art dealer Ambroise Vollard[4] He died of syphilis before he could start the prison sentence. His body had been weakened by alcohol and a dissipated life. He was 54 years old.