Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin, in full Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin born born June 7, 1848, Paris France. He was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor who sought to achieve a “primitive” expression of spiritual and emotional states in his work.  The artist, whose work has been categorized as Post- Impressionist, Synthetic and Symbolist, is particularly well known for his creative relationship with Vincent Van Gogh as well as for his self-imposed exile in Tahiti , French Polynesia. His artistic experiments influenced many avant-garde developments in the early 20th century.