Eugène Henri Paul GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-Impressionism, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-ImpressionismPostimpressionism, post-impressionism - is a term used to describe visual arts in France from 1886 to 1914 and work of such painters as van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Seurat, Redon, Bonnard, Signac and others. The term was coined by...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed to the revival of interest to Primitivism.

      Paul GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-Impressionism, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> was the son of Parisian radical journalist Clovis GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-Impressionism, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>; his motherAnna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus (September, 10, 1819 - April, 29, 1907) - Van Gogh's mother. In 1851 she married Theodorus van Gogh, Vincent's father.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> was of Peruvian origin. Due to political instability in the country GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-Impressionism, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>'s family left France for Peru in 1851 and lived there for 4 years - this period proved to be largely influential in the future artist's life and work. In 1855 they returned to France and 1865 GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-Impressionism, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> enlisted to a merchant navy and travelled around the world for 6 years. After that GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-Impressionism, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> worked in France and in Denmark (his wife wa Danish) as a stockbroker, at the same time being an art collector (especially Impressionists) and an amateur painter (he was interested in and tried painting since his early childhood).

      After being introduced to a number of Impressionist painters through his friend Camille PissarroJacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro (July, 10, 1830, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands - November, 13, 1903, Paris, France) was a famous French painter, one of the greatest and most consistent representatives of the Impressionist...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> he started progressing in his art and exhibiting (from 1881) and from 1885 he started painting on a full-time basis. He collaborated with a number of artists: Camille PissarroJacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro (July, 10, 1830, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands - November, 13, 1903, Paris, France) was a famous French painter, one of the greatest and most consistent representatives of the Impressionist...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Paul Cezanne, artists of Pont-Aven school and with Vincent van Gogh in 1889, relationship with whom were rather turbulent (it led to a notorious ear-cutting episode).

      He was also interested in primitive societies and arts of Asia and Africa considering them more filled with inner meaning and symbolism than paintings of modern Europe. He travelled to and lived for short periods of time in Panama (even worked for 2 weeks on the construction of Panama Canal) and Martinique. The rest of his life he spent in Tahiti: from 1891 and to his death from syphillis in 1903.

      Paul GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June, 7, 1848 – May, 8, 1903) - was a famous French painter and engraver, one of the most renowned representatives of Post-Impressionism, one of the founders of Symbolism in visual arts and one of the artists who hugely contributed...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>'s work served largely to the development of Primitivism, popularization of culture and art of Indians and people of Micronesia and Africa and influenced a number of major artists of the 20th century (Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, George Braque, etc.) His life and work inspired a number of literary and musical works: novels "Moon and the Sixpence" by W.S. Maugham, "The Way to Paradise" by M.V. Llosa; operas by Michael Smetanin and Federico Elizalde.

      Among his famous paintings are the following: "Night Cafe at Arles" (1888), "The Yellow Christ" (1889), "The Spirit of the Deed Keep Watch" (1892), "The Moon and the Earth" (1893), "Where Do We Come From? Who Are We? Where Are We Going?" (1897), "Two Tahitian Women" (1899), "The Sorcerer of Hiva Ova" (1902), and others.