- Who is Gauguin? Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is a post-impressionist artist who is known for his experimental use of colors. Vincent van Gogh and Edgar Degas were important for Gauguin in developing his own unique style. In 1891, he moved to Tahiti to start a new life. His idea was to set up a community of painters, called l’atelier des tropiques in an area that was far away from home and did not suffer from the materialism that was present in France. The main idea behind this initiative was to stimulate the role of spirituality in their artworks and to expose themselves to different cultures and religions. In the end, no other painters joined him and he left alone to Tahiti. However, this did not have a negative effect on the quality of Gauguin’s work and he produced some of his best works during this period. Most of Gauguin’s paintings are based on his imagination and he expressed in a letter to his wife that he believed that his artistic center was in his own mind and did not need to be inspired by other painters.
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