paul gauguin painter, sculptor 1848 – 1903 painter, sculptor 1848 – 1903
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Born on June 7, 1848 in Paris, france Mother was peruvian, family lived Peru for 4
years Family returns to France when he is 7 Serves in the Merchant Marine, then the
French Navy Returns to Paris and becomes a Stockbroker Marries a danish woman and they have 5
children They live in Copenhagen where he is a
stockbroker Paints in his free time – buys art in galleries
and makes friends with artists
Born on June 7, 1848 in Paris, france Mother was peruvian, family lived Peru for 4
years Family returns to France when he is 7 Serves in the Merchant Marine, then the
French Navy Returns to Paris and becomes a Stockbroker Marries a danish woman and they have 5
children They live in Copenhagen where he is a
stockbroker Paints in his free time – buys art in galleries
and makes friends with artists
Decides he wants to paint full time – leaves his family in Copenhagen and goes back to Paris
His early work is in the impressionist style which is very popular at that time
He is not very successful at his art, he is poor
Leaves France to find a simpler life on a tropical island
Decides he wants to paint full time – leaves his family in Copenhagen and goes back to Paris
His early work is in the impressionist style which is very popular at that time
He is not very successful at his art, he is poor
Leaves France to find a simpler life on a tropical island
Portrait of Madame Gauguin
(1880)
Aline Gauguin Brothers (1883)
Visits his friend Vincent vanGogh in Arles, France where they both paintThey quarrel, with van Gogh famously cutting off part of his own earGauguin leaves france and never sees van Gogh again
Night Café at Arles (1888)
The Siesta (1892)
Decides he doesn’t like impressionism, prefers native art of africa and asia because it has more meaning (symbolism)
He paints flat areas of color and bold outlines
He lives in Tahiti and paints images of Polynesian life
When do you get married? (1892)
His art is in the Primitivist style- exaggerated body proportions, animal symbolism, geometric designs and bold contrasting colors
Gauguin is the first artist of his time to become successful with this style (so different from the popular impressionism)
His work influences other painters, especially Pablo Picasso
His art is in the Primitivist style- exaggerated body proportions, animal symbolism, geometric designs and bold contrasting colors
Gauguin is the first artist of his time to become successful with this style (so different from the popular impressionism)
His work influences other painters, especially Pablo Picasso
Gauguin spent the remainder of his life painting and living in the Marquesas Islands, a very remote, jungle-like
place in French Polynesia (close to Tahiti)
Gauguin’s grave
Gauguin lived alone in the jungle, where one day his houseboy arrived to find him dead, with a smile on his face. He was 54 years old (1903). He is buried among the natives on the island.
Born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, france
Wealthy family Studies art at the Ecole des
Beaux-Arts Devotes himself first to
mastering the art of black and white drawing
Born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, france
Wealthy family Studies art at the Ecole des
Beaux-Arts Devotes himself first to
mastering the art of black and white drawing
His first major painting, bathers at Asniéres, is rejected by the Paris salon (the salon was a huge annual exhibition where art was judged before it could be shown, it decided what art and which artists were “in”)
In response, he joins other artists in forming the Société des Artistes Indépendants
His first major painting, bathers at Asniéres, is rejected by the Paris salon (the salon was a huge annual exhibition where art was judged before it could be shown, it decided what art and which artists were “in”)
In response, he joins other artists in forming the Société des Artistes Indépendants
Bathers at Asniéres (1884)
Scientists of this time were writing about theories of color and how the eye sees things. They discover that when seen from a distance, two differently colored dots seem to blend into a third color. Painters jump on this idea and start painting with small colorful dots placed close together rather than solid colored strokes of pre-mixed paint
This is called Pointillism
Scientists of this time were writing about theories of color and how the eye sees things. They discover that when seen from a distance, two differently colored dots seem to blend into a third color. Painters jump on this idea and start painting with small colorful dots placed close together rather than solid colored strokes of pre-mixed paint
This is called Pointillism
Seurat believed that the emotion of happiness could be shown through bright, warm colors and the use of lines directed upward. Calm is shown by balancing light and dark, warm and cold colors and lines that are horizontal (sideways). Sadness is shown by using dark colors and lines that point down.
Eiffel Tower (1889)
In the summer of 1884, Seurat began work on his most famous painting “Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”. It was a huge 10-foot-wide painting and it took him two years to paint. The original painting now lives at the Art Institute of Chicago
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