Paul Gauguin 1848-1903, French painter and woodcut artist.

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Paul Gauguin1848-1903, French painter and
woodcut artist.
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Paul Gauguin
1891, Photograph of Paul Gauguin
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History

• 1888, Self Portrait at Lezaven

• Born June 7, 1848 in Paris, France
• Was first a sailor, then successful stockbroker
• By 35, his life was devoted to painting
• Left his wife and 5 children
• Died May 8, 1903 in Marquesas Islands, French
  Polynesia

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Early Life
-When Paul was three his parents sailed for Lima,
Peru, after the victory of Louis Napoleon
(17691821). His father died during the trip.
-Gauguin and his mother remained
in Lima for four years. -He lived a comfortable
life as a kid. -At the age of seventeen he
enlisted in the merchant marine. -In 1870 he
became a stock broker and he stayed in that
profession for twelve years.

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Information About the Artist

• - He was born on June 7, 1848 in Paris, France.
• - He died May 8, 1903 in the Marquesas Islands,
  French Polynesia.
• - He went to Tahiti to see their lifestyle and
  culture for paintings.

Paul Gauguin. Tahitian Landscape. 1893. Oil on
canvas. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Influences

• Recognized as a founding father of modern art
• Using nature to start, he abstracted figures to
  give a sense of mystery.
• Used expressive, irregular shapes and strong
  contrast
• Both his personality and his principles of
  coloring and composition made a strong influence
  on modern painting.

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Cattle Drinking

• 1885
• Oil on Canvas
• Texture can be seen on the tree
• trunks and branches.

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Farm in Brittany

• Oil paints
• 1894
• The trees on both sides balance the piece.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Day of God

• 1894
• Oil on Canvas
• 68.3 x 91.5 cm
• Color is used to show
• each individual shape and
• form.

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Tahiti Inspiration

The inspirations of Gauguins paintings is from
Tahiti, the beautiful mountains and the lushness
of the forest and the Tahitian life.
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Tahitian women On the Beach
Paul Gauguin 1891 27.2 X 36 inch Symbolism
Movement in between the Realist and impressionist
eras

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Te Faaturuma Aka The Brooding Woman

• -Artist Paul Gauguin  
• -Location Unspecified  
• -Medium Oil Painting on Canvas
• - Made in 1891
• - Emphasis to the girl

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The Siesta

• Between 1892(1892) and 1894
• Oil on canvas
• 88.9  116.2 cm (35.00  45.75 in)
• Movement in the people

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Vahne no te vi (Mango Woman)Paul Gauguin oil on
canvas1892 symbolism movement in the
impressionist era
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Color vocabulary 10/11/10

• Color- light reflecting back to our eyes, three
  properties of this element of art are value
  (shade color black tint color white),
  intensity (bright or dull) and hue.
• Complementary colors- opposites on the color
  wheel
• Analogous colors- side by side on the color wheel.

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Color Vocabulary

• Primary colors- pure hues red(magenta), yellow,
  blue(cyan)
• Secondary colors- hues created by mixing primary
  pigments together. Orange, green, purple
• Tertiary colors- hues that result from primary
  colors mixed with secondary colors ex from color
  chart (p.15)
• Warm colors red, orange, yellow
• Cool colors- blue, green, purple

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Citations

• . "Paul Gauguin ." Encyclopedia of World
  Biography. 2010. Google. 18 Jan. 2010
  lthttp//www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Gauguin-P
  aul.htmlgt.
• . "Paul Gauauin Paintings." Google Images. 2009.
  Google. 17 Jan. 2010 lthttp//www.google.com/images
  ?hlensafeoffgbv2tbsqpaulgauguinpainting
  srevid1838607311saXeirZcaTI2kDdL24AaQ042jCg
  ved0CAcQ1QIoAQstart0gt.

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Works Cited

• The Art Institute of Chicago. "Paul Gauguin." Art
  Access 8. 2004. 15 6. 2010 lthttp//www.artic.edu/a
  rtaccess/AA_Impressionist/pages/IMP_9.shtmlgt.
• Enclycolpedia of World Documents. 2010. 14 6.
  2010 lthttp//www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Gaug
  uin-Paul.htmlgt.