Include detailed information and his works.

1. Group 4
Teacher:
Group leader:
Group members:

3.  Paul Gauguin was born in
Paris on June 7, 1848.
Gauguin was born in Paris, but
his family moved to Peru when
he was a young child. His
journalist father died on the
journey to South America.
Eventually returning to France,
Gauguin took to the seas as a
merchant marine.
 Later, he joined the French
Navy. Gauguin began his
career as a stockbroker in
1872.He meets a young Danish
woman named Mette Gad
,whom he marries in 1873. The
couple eventually had five
children together.

4.  Gauguin began painting in his
spare time, but quickly became
serious about his hobby.
Influenced by his mentor, Arosa,
Gauguin began to collect art, and
purchased paintings. Arosa also
introduced Gauguin to Pissarro
who became his friend and art
teacher.
 Gauguin was interested in
impressionism. Gauguin was
invited to show at the group's
fourth exhibition in 1879, and his
work appeared among the works
of many artistic greats .By 1883
,he stopped working as a
stockbroker. He separated from
his wife and kids and moved to
Self-Portrait by Paul Gauguin,
1885

5. What is Impressionism?
 It was called Impressionism
because artists were not as
exacting about painting a
realistic picture.
 They used short brush
strokes, applying the paint
thickly, to create the idea, or
impression, of a subject.
 The paint on the canvas
looks very thick. If you stand
close it looks blurry, but if you
stand back you can see the
whole picture.
Port of Dieppe,1885

6. Still Life with Three Puppies, 1888
 In 1887, Gauguin had
abandoned naturalistic
depictions and colors.
After one year, Gauguin
and his friend ,Bernard,
developed a new style,
which came to be known
as “Cloisonnism” or
“Symbolism”.
 Influenced by Japanese
prints, as well as folk art
and ancient frescoes (古
代壁画) their paintings
rejected tradition
perspective and made use
of thick contours and large
flat areas of uniform

7. Under the Pandanus（1891）
Notice the
proportions:
Large feet
relative to
the
body
Bold
colours
Large,
flat
planes
of
colours
with
little
detail

8.  He painted (1)“ By the Sea”(Fatata te Miti) , (2)“Ave Maria”(Ia Orana
Maria) and other paintings made in Tahiti are depictions of an untamed(
野性) nature with people being an organic part of it. Gauguin stayed in
Tahiti until 1893, when poor health and lack of funds forced his return to
Paris.
 He remained there until 1895, when he again settled in Tahiti. His stay
there ended in 1901 when he became seriously ill with syphilis(梅毒)
and in trouble with the French authorities. He moved to the Marquesas,
seeking an easier and cheaper life. His health, unfortunately,
deteriorated(恶化) further, but he continued to paint until he died on May
8, 1903.(1) (2)

10.  Gauguin exhibited a unique style of
painting “Suzanne Sewing”during
the Impressionist show of 1881.The
texture of guitar and wall-hanging
expresses very perfectly ,but the
expression of other things are not
obviously. The color is very bold and
intense.
 The setting and still life character of
this painting point out Manet, the
nude study and the sewing daily
gestures(手势) betray the realistic
vision of Degas, while the richness
of the nuances of light and the blue
and green shades on the naked skin
bring this work closer to Renoir.
Suzanne Sewing (1881)

11.  The color of this
painting is subjective,
this has manifested
the characteristics of
modernism drawing
that starts from
Gauguin and other
artists.
 Although his paintings
prefer warm, such as
red or yellow, but all is
dim colors, and the
concentration is very
strong.
The
Swineherd,
Brittany (1888)

12.  It seems like a Christianity
theme. In fact, Gauguin is
characterized by
Symbolism, described the
generated illusion when the
priest explained the
religious doctrine to the
peasant women in the
church.
 The strange hat that the
peasant women in Brittany
wears strengthened the
decoration effect of picture,
but the "fight" scene, was
actually processed is not
too obvious.
Vision After The Sermon
(1889)

13.  “The Yellow Christ” reflects the
style of Symbolism. Although
the color is magnificent, actually
demonstrates(显示) Brittany's
natural scenery. The image of
women appears graceful.
 He simplified the composition,
making the contours to become
thick, and strengthens the
color's density.

17. It is the most colossal canvas painted by Paul Gauguin. This painting shows the
image of the meaning of human destiny from birth to death.
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we
going? (1897)