Paul Gauguin
1848–1903

Before making painting his principal occupation, Gauguin served in the merchant navy and worked as a stockbroker. He worked with Pissarro, joined later Impressionist exhibitions and developed Synthetism in Brittany. He first moved to Tahiti in 1891 and to the Marquesas in 1901.
Works
Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana)
Mahana no atua (Day of the God)
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)
Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)
Self-Portrait
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Sources
Paul Gauguin · Chester Dale Collection; National Gallery of Art, Washington · Public domain (NGA Open Access) Portrait source · Licence