Paul Gauguin French, 1848-1903

Gauguin was born in Paris in 1848, the year of revolutionary upheavals throughout Europe.¹

JunPaul Gauguin was born in Paris, France on June 7, 1848.¹

Gauguin married Mette-Sophie Gad, a Danish woman, in 1873, and they had five children.¹

Gauguin decided to pursue painting full-time after the stock market crash of 1882.¹

In his later years, Gauguin struggled with illness and poverty, and even attempted suicide in 1898.²

MayPaul Gauguin died in Atuona, Marquesas Islands on May 8, 1903.¹