Paul Gauguin
French symbolist/post-impressionist (painter/sculptor)
Major Accomplishments
- His early masterpieces
"Vision After the Sermon"
"Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"
- He used bold colors, exaggerated body proportions and "stark" contrasts in his paintings, this set him apart from other artists at the time
Influence in Paris
- Gauguin was born in Paris, France, he moved to Peru as a small child, then traveled back to Paris multiple times throughout his lifetime
- Gauguin sparked a friendship with another artist named Camille Pissarro while in Paris
- He was one of the leading French painters of the postimpressionist period
- Worked in Arles (southern France) with Vincent Van Gough