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
In marriage, the greater cuckold of the two is the lover
Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that needed the warmth.
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.
Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever.
One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.
Follow the masters! But why should one follow them? The only reason they are masters is that they didn't follow anybody!
A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.
There are tonalities which are noble and others which are vulgar, harmonies which are calm or consoling, and others which are exciting because of their boldness.
On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several.
The public wants to understand and learn in a single day, a single minute, what the artist has spent years learning.
There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigour.
Nail up some indecency in plain sight over your door; from that time forward you will be rid of all respectable people,the most insupportable folk God has created.
It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.
Stay firmly in your path and dare; be wild two hours a day!