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(February 2012)| Paul Gauguin, 1891 |Birth name||Eugène Henri
Paul Gauguin| 7 June 1848| |Died||8 May 1903 Atuona, Marquesas
Islands, French Polynesia |Field||Painting, sculpture, ceramics,
engraving| |Influenced||Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Georges
Braque| Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (French: [øʒɛn ɑ̃ʁi pol
ɡoɡɛ̃]; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading French Post-
Impressionist artist who was not well appreciated until after
his death. Gauguin was later recognized for his experimental use
of colors and synthetist style that were distinguishably
different from Impressionism. His work was influential to the
French avant-garde and many modern artists, such as Pablo
Picasso and Henri Matisse. Gauguin’s art became popular after
his death and many of his paintings were in the possession of
Russian collector Sergei Shchukin. He was an important figure in
the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker,
ceramist, and writer. His bold experimenta