Artist

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

Works (4)

Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher

1880

Te raau rahi (The Big Tree)

1891

Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree)

1892

Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne

1890

1848

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

1882

The Paris stock market crash of 1882 significantly impacted Gauguin's brokerage career, prompting a shift to full-time painting.¹

1903

MayPaul Gauguin died in Atuona, Marquesas Islands on May 8, 1903, at the age of 54.¹