Paul Gauguin spent nine weeks painting together with Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1888.
In the years after his death there were a series of retrospective exhibitions in Europe and North America, which established his reputation as a master painter. Gauguin's paintings and prints were enormously popular and influential during his lifetime, but he died in 1903 without realizing the full extent of his fame. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
It depicts a Tahitian woman and was painted while Gauguin was living in the Marquesas Islands. Ia Orana Maria (Ave Maria) is an 1891 oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin.
The 10 Popular Paintings that you must see By Paul Gauguin After returning to France, he again began exhibiting his works with Pissarro and Seurat under the name of "The Neo-Impressionists,". In 1891 Gauguin returned to Martinique for two years, where he painted several important canvases inspired by tropical themes. The following year, these artists exhibited their works together under the name of "The Independents," marking a turning point in their careers. This exhibition led to the discovery of Japonisme. They found inspiration in Japanese woodcuts that they saw at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889. These artists became known collectively as "impressionists."Īt this time, Gauguin was also close to Charles Laval and Émile Bernard.
Gauguin's career as an artist did not begin until the late 1880s, when he met Pissarro and Seurat. From an early age, Paul showed interest in art and literature, which he continued to develop even after becoming the director of the stock exchange company Charbonnages de France. Paul Gauguin was born in Paris on June 7, 1848.
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