The French Post-Impressionist painter Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was born on 7 June 1848. He had a significant effect on the course of modern art and inspired many great artists including Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. His bold, colourful style paved the way for much art of the 20th Century.
One of the most interesting descriptions of the artist is the one Vincent van Gogh gave in a letters:”Gauguin interests me very much as a man — very much. For a long time now it has seemed to me that in our nasty profession of painting we are most sorely in need of men with the hands and the stomachs of workmen. More natural tastes — more loving and more charitable temperaments — than the decadent dandies of the Parisian boulevards have. Well, here we are without the slightest doubt in the presence of a virgin creature with savage instincts. With Gauguin blood and sex prevail over ambition.“
BBC Culture asked readers to share their favourite works by Gauguin.
BBC Culture’s Facebook fan Tanja Skrgatic chose his Self-Portrait Dedicated to Vincent van Gogh (Les Misérables): “Feeling kind of nostalgic for the era of such an amazing art...“ (Credit: Self-Portrait Dedicated to Vincent van Gogh (Les Misérables)/Paul Gauguin/Wikipedia)
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