Paul Gauguin

1848 – 1903 · died at about 55^[1][2]

Art

Fun Facts About Paul Gauguin

• Paul Gauguin once worked as a laborer on the French construction of the Panama Canal after running out of money, and was arrested in Panama City for urinating in public.^[1]
• Before painting full-time, Gauguin was a successful Paris stockbroker for 11 years, earning 30,000 francs a year in 1879.^[1]
• Gauguin spent nine weeks painting with Vincent van Gogh in Arles; by Gauguin's much later account, Vincent confronted him with a razor, then cut off his own ear. They never met again.^[1][3][4]
• Gauguin's 1892 painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo sold privately for US$210 million in 2014, becoming the world's third-most expensive artwork at the time.^[1]
• Gauguin spent his early childhood in Peru, where a relative by marriage, José Rufino Echenique, soon became president.^[1]
• Gauguin strongly influenced Pablo Picasso; according to biographer David Sweetman, Gauguin's statue Oviri sparked Picasso's interest in sculpture and ceramics.^[1][5][6]
• Paul Gauguin was alive at the same time as Walt Disney — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1901–1903).^[1][2][7][8]
• Paul Gauguin shares a birthday with Prince: both were born on June 7.^{[1][2][9][10]}

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential practitioner of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms. While only moderately successful during his lifetime, Gauguin has since been recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism.^[1]

Contemporaries

Susan B. Anthony

55 yr overlap

Florence Nightingale

55 yr overlap

Harriet Tubman

55 yr overlap

Jules Verne

55 yr overlap

Leo Tolstoy

55 yr overlap

Dmitri Mendeleev

55 yr overlap

Mark Twain

55 yr overlap

Andrew Carnegie

55 yr overlap

John D. Rockefeller

55 yr overlap

Claude Monet

55 yr overlap

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

55 yr overlap

Thomas Edison

55 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Paul Gauguin

When was Paul Gauguin born?

Paul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848, and died on May 8, 1903.

How old was Paul Gauguin at death?

Paul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848, and died on May 8, 1903, at age 54.

What was Paul Gauguin known for?

Paul Gauguin was known for: Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti. Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential practitioner of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms. While only moderately successful during his lifetime, Gauguin has since been recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism.

Who was alive at the same time as Paul Gauguin?

Paul Gauguin's closest contemporary was Susan B. Anthony. Their lives overlapped for 55 years.