Gauguin, Paul

(6/7/1848 Paris-5/9/1903 Marquesas Island) (France / Polynesia) Painter, sculptor, ceramicist, graphic artist, seaman, bank employee, and writer. He trained under the sculptor Jule Bouillot, studied at the Academie Colarossi, and with Pissaro. He became a major figure in the post-Impressionist period, his strong use of color and unusual subject matter, including an open sexuality, were a challenge to the public in his lifetime.

   Reproductions: Ancient Maori cult; c1893; pencil, ink, and watercolor; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 79 . Culte Maori; aquarelle; Smith, 1974: p. 66 [C]. Noa-Noa; Lorenzoni, 1984b: pp. 72-73 [C]. Te Arii Vahine; 1896; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 146 ,

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 5: pp. 1394-1402; DoA vol. 12: pp. 187-196; Henri Dorra, The symbolism of Paul Gauguin: erotica, exotica, and the great dilemma of humanity (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007), 361 p., ill.; ThB XIII 1920: p. 268.