# Paul Gauguin

French, 1848–1903; born in Paris; died in Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands

Gauguin worked as a Paris stockbroker and collected the Impressionists before taking up painting full time in the 1880s, showing in the last five Impressionist exhibitions. At Pont-Aven in Brittany he developed a style of flat colour and bold outline, and in 1888 he spent nine turbulent weeks with Van Gogh in Arles. Seeking a simpler world, he sailed for Tahiti in 1891 and spent most of his remaining years in French Polynesia, dying in the Marquesas.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

10 works in the collection.

- [Arlésiennes (Mistral)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arlesiennes-mistral-aic-19339), Paul Gauguin, 1888. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-in-front-of-a-still-life-by-cezanne-aic-16648), Paul Gauguin, 1890. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Large Tree](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-large-tree-cma-148297), Paul Gauguin, 1891. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/in-the-waves-dans-les-vagues-cma-149410), Paul Gauguin, 1889. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ia-orana-maria-hail-mary-met-438821), Paul Gauguin, 1891. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-dedicated-to-carriere-nga-66418), Paul Gauguin, 1888 or 1889. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Woman with a Cat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-with-a-cat-aic-116236), Paul Gauguin, c. 1900. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Head of a Tahitian Woman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/head-of-a-tahitian-woman-cma-127115), Paul Gauguin, 1891. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tahitian-faces-frontal-view-and-profiles-met-337172), Paul Gauguin, ca. 1899. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Pleasures of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/pleasures-of-brittany-joies-de-bretagne-nga-56695), Paul Gauguin, 1889. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.