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Paul Gauguin ( June 7, 1848 - May 9, 1903) was an Impressionist painter.

Born Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin in Paris, France, he descended from Spanish settlers in South America and the viceroy of Peru, and spent his early childhood in Lima. After his education in Orléans, France, Gauguin spent six years sailing around the world in the Merchant Marine and then in the French Navy. Upon his return to France in 1870, he took a job as a broker's assistant. His guardian, Gustave Arosa, a successful businessman and art collector, introduced Gauguin to the impressionists.

A successful stockbroker, Gauguin became a collector and amateur painter. By 1884 Gauguin had moved with his family to CopenhagenCopenhagen Kobenhavn in Danish) is the capital of Denmark. The contemporary Danish name for the city is a corruption of the original designation for the city Kobmandshavn meaning Merchants' Harbour. The English name Copenhagen is derived from the German n, where he unsuccessfully pursued a business career. Driven to paint full-time, he returned to Paris in 18851885 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for calendar) Events January January 4 The first successful appendectomy is performed (Dr. William Grant; patient was Mary Gartside). January 20 L. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 26 T, leaving his family in DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe. Without adequate subsistence, his wife and children were forced to return to her family.

Like his friend Vincent Van Gogh, with whom he spent nine weeks with in ArlesMediterranean, showing location of Arles Arles Arle in Provencal) is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhone departement of which it is a sous-prefecture in the former province of Provence. Geography The Rhone river divides itself in two ar painting, Paul Gauguin suffered from bouts of depression and at one time attempted suicide. Two Tahitian Women ( Metropolitan Museum) In 1891Events January 1 ? Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany January 20 James Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state. January 29 Liliuokalani proclaimed Queen of Hawaii March 9 ? 12 ? Powerful storm off England?s south coast;, financially destitute, he sailed to the Tropics to escape European civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional." He remained first in TahitiTahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, at 17° 40' South, 149° 30' West. The island had a population of 169,674 inhabitants at the 2002 census. This makes it the most p and later in the Marquesas Islands for most of the rest of his life, returning to France only once.

He was a very important post-impressionist French painter, whose work helped provide the basis of modern art. Gauguin's bold experimentation with coloring led directly to the fauvist style of the 20th century.

He is buried in the Atuona Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva-Oa, Iles Marquises, French Polynesia.

The record price paid for a Gauguin painting is US$35 million.

Among his approximately 150 significant works are:

Ia Orana Maria (Hail, Mary)

The Seine in Paris between the Pont d'léna and the Pont de Grenelle;

Haere Mai;

In the Vanilla Grove, Man and Horse;

Study of a Nude. Suzanne Sewing;

Mandolina and Flowers;

Bouquet;

Washerwomen at Pont-Aven;

At the Pond;

Night Café at Arles;

Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers;

The Alyscamps;

The Yellow Christ;

La Belle Angèle (Portrait of Madame Satre);

Tahitian Women, or On the Beach;

Spirit of the Dead Watching;

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

Paul Gauguin's life inspired the famous book The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham.

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