Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguinwas a French post-Impressionist artist. Underappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style that were distinctly 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, partially from the efforts of art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who organized exhibitions of his work late in his career, as well as...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth7 June 1848
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
Paul Gauguin quotes about
There are tonalities which are noble and others which are vulgar, harmonies which are calm or consoling, and others which are exciting because of their boldness.
Why work? The gods are there to lavish upon the faithful the good gifts of nature.
There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigour.
In painting one must search rather for suggestion than for description, as is done in music.
My God! How terrible these money questions are for an artist!
I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and maternal, there to blend with her living elements.
Follow the masters! But why should one follow them? The only reason they are masters is that they didn't follow anybody!
Oh mysterious world of all light, thou hast made a light shine within me, and I have grown in admiration of thy antique beauty, which is the immemorial youth of nature.
Look closely at the Japanese; they draw admirably and yet in them you will see life outdoors and in the sun without shadows...
Lacking many of the essential implements, it irritated me to be reduced to impotence in the face of artistic projects to which I had passionately given myself.
If instead of a figure you put the shadow only of a person, you have found an original starting point, that strangeness of which you have calculated.
I am entering into the truth, into nature.
In art there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists
Where do we come from? What are We? Where are we going?