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Gauguin

[ goh-gan ]

noun

  1. (Eu·gène Hen·ri) Paul [œ, -, zhen, ah, n, -, ree, pawl], 1848–1903, French painter.


Gauguin

/ ɡoɡɛ̃ /

noun

  1. GauguinPaul18481903MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Paul (pɔl). 1848–1903, French postimpressionist painter, who worked in the South Pacific from 1891. Inspired by primitive art, his work is characterized by flat contrasting areas of pure colours


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The pieces include masterpieces by Picasso, Gauguin and Marc Chagall.

The sultry atmosphere and animal richness of Hindoo art reappeared in Gauguin's wood-cuts.

One great painter did live in this valley, and died here—Paul Gauguin.

We walked through the matted grass that sketched upon the fertile soil the shape of that house where Gauguin had painted.

Next to this workroom was a shelter for the horse and cart, for Gauguin had the only wheeled vehicle in the Marquesas.

To a considerable extent the influence of Gauguin was literary, and therefore in the long run negligible.

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