Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguinwas a French post-Impressionist artist. Underappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism. His work was influential to the French avant-garde and many modern artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Gauguin's art became popular after his death, partially from the efforts of art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who organized exhibitions of his work late in his career, as well as...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth7 June 1848
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
A meter of green is greener than a centimeter.
The cyclone ends. The sun returns; the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again; man does likewise. The great anguish is over; joy has returned; the sea smiles like a child.
It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own...
Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it.
Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.
I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates.
Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul.
Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever.
I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model...
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