# Paul Gauguin

> French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)

**Wikidata**: [Q37693](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37693)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/paul-gauguin

## Summary

Paul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848, in Paris [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and held French citizenship [19][20][21]. He died on May 9, 1903, in Atuona [3] from syphilis . His professional life encompassed work as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, draftsperson, printmaker, and ceramicist [17][18][21].Gauguin operated within the fields of painting, the culture of Polynesia, visual arts, and Post-impressionism [22], aligning with the Post-impressionism, Pont-Aven School, and Symbolism movements [23][21][24]. His artistic output covered genres including portrait, landscape painting, figure, genre art, and still life [25][21]. He was influenced by Katsushika Hokusai, Eugène Delacroix, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Edgar Degas [26][27].The artist had five children named Clovis Gauguin, Jean René Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Émile Gauguin, and Emile Gauguin [18].

## Summary
Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a French painter and printmaker known for a large body of paintings, prints, and ceramics that are central to Post-Impressionism. He produced many landmark works — including Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897–98) and The Yellow Christ (1889) — and worked across painting, sculpture and printmaking.

## Biography
- Born: 1848 (year only available in source)
- Died: 1903 (year only available in source)
- Nationality: France
- Known for: Major contributions to painting and printmaking; leading works of Post-Impressionism
- Field(s): painting; printmaking; sculpture; graphic art; draftsmanship/drawing; ceramics; illustration; visual arts

Additional identifiers and names:
- Aliases: Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin; Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin; Paul Gaugin; Eugene-Henri Gauguin; Kao-keng; Pablo Gauguin; Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin; Gauguin; Polʹ Gogen; Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin
- Wikipedia title: Paul Gauguin
- Wikidata description: French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)
- Sitelink count: 132

## Contributions
Paul Gauguin's concrete artistic outputs (titles and dates as given in source):
- Study of a Nude — 1880.
- Still Life with Profile of Laval — 1886 (Indianapolis Museum of Art).
- Vision After the Sermon — 1888.
- Landscape near Arles — 1888.
- The Night Café in Arles — 1888.
- The Wave — 1888.
- Self-portrait with Portrait of Bernard — 1888.
- Madame Roulin — 1888.
- The Painter of Sunflowers — 1888-12-01 (held / associated with Van Gogh Museum).
- The Green Christ — 1889.
- The Yellow Christ — 1889.
- La belle Angèle — 1889.
- Christ in the Garden of Olives — 1889.
- Landscape from Bretagne — 1889.
- Self-Portrait — 1889.
- Schuffenecker's Studio — 1889.
- Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut — 1889.
- Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ — 1890.
- Tahitian Women on the Beach — 1890 (country listed as  in source).
- Tahitian Woman with a Flower — 1891.
- Ia Orana Maria — 1891.
- The Woodcutter — 1891.
- Manaò tupapaú — 1892.
- The Siesta — 1892.
- Aha Oe Feii? — 1892.
- Fatata te Miti — 1892.
- Matamoe (Death), Landscape with Peacocks — 1892.
- When Will You Marry? — 1892 (also listed under Owned / Operated by).
- The Moon and the Earth — 1893.
- Merahi metua no Tehamana — 1893.
- Self-portrait with hat — 1893.
- Oviri — 1894 (ceramic sculpture).
- Arearea no varua ino (Reclining Tahitian Women) — 1894.
- Sacred Spring: Sweet Dreams (Nave nave moe) — 1894.
- Day of the God (Mahana no Atua) — 1894.
- Paysannes bretonnes — 1894.
- Nave Nave Mahana — 1896.
- Te tamari no atua — 1896 (listed as in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich).
- The King's Wife — 1896.
- Not to work — 1896.
- Arearea — 1892 (date repeated in source; included among works).
- Vairumati — 1897.
- Nevermore — 1897.
- Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? — 1897–98.
- Hiva Oa — 1903.
- The Call — 1902.
- Landscape, Horse on the Road — 1899.
- Two Tahitian Women — 1899.

Works explicitly noted as listed under "Owned / Operated by" in the source:
- Study of a Nude — 1880.
- When Will You Marry? — 1892.

Other concrete contributions:
- A ceramic sculpture titled Oviri (1894).
- Multiple paintings and prints that are associated with museums (e.g., Van Gogh Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Neue Pinakothek, Munich) as listed in the source.

## FAQs
Q: Who was Paul Gauguin?
A: Paul Gauguin was a French painter and printmaker (1848–1903) associated with Post-Impressionism and known for a wide range of paintings, prints and at least one notable ceramic sculpture (Oviri, 1894).

Q: What artistic fields did Gauguin work in?
A: He worked in painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic arts, drawing (draftsmanship), ceramics, illustration, and the visual arts more broadly.

Q: What are Gauguin's best-known works and when were they made?
A: Key works listed in the source include Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897–98), The Yellow Christ (1889), Vision After the Sermon (1888), and When Will You Marry? (1892).

Q: Are there artworks or objects by Gauguin in public collections?
A: Yes. The Painter of Sunflowers is associated with the Van Gogh Museum; Still Life with Profile of Laval is associated with the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Te tamari no atua is listed with the Neue Pinakothek, Munich — all as given in the source.

Q: Did Gauguin produce work in media other than paint?
A: Yes. The source lists a ceramic sculpture, Oviri (1894), in addition to numerous paintings and prints.

Q: How is Gauguin represented in names and honors?
A: The name "Paul Gauguin" is used for a crater on Mercury and for a cruise ship built in 1997, as recorded in the source.

Q: What movement is Gauguin associated with?
A: He is associated with Post-Impressionism, a predominantly French art movement active roughly between 1886 and 1905.

## Why They Matter
Paul Gauguin matters because his body of work spans multiple media and includes many paintings now cited as central examples of late 19th‑century Post-Impressionism. His major canvases (including The Yellow Christ, Vision After the Sermon and Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?) are repeatedly highlighted in the list of his creations and exemplify formal choices and subject matter tied to Post-Impressionist practice. He worked in painting, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics, showing a multi‑disciplinary practice that broadened the visible range of the visual arts in his era. His name has been applied to geographic and cultural commemorations — a crater on Mercury and a cruise ship built in 1997 — indicating continuing cultural recognition beyond the art world. Without his corpus of paintings, prints and ceramics (many with precise dates listed in source material), the documented shape of Post-Impressionist output and its public collections would lack numerous landmark works and titles now frequently cited in art histories and museum collections.

## Notable For
- Being described in Wikidata as a "French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)."
- Producing Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897–98), a major work recorded in the source.
- Painting The Yellow Christ (1889) and Vision After the Sermon (1888), repeatedly listed among his seminal paintings.
- Creating Oviri (1894), a ceramic sculpture explicitly called out in the source.
- Having works associated with major institutions: The Painter of Sunflowers (Van Gogh Museum), Still Life with Profile of Laval (Indianapolis Museum of Art), and Te tamari no atua (Neue Pinakothek, Munich).
- Being associated with the Post‑Impressionism movement (dating circa 1886–1905 in the source).
- Having a crater on Mercury and a cruise ship (built 1997) named "Paul Gauguin."

## Body

### Early facts and identifiers
- Name and aliases: He is known primarily as Paul Gauguin. The source lists multiple alternate names and transliterations including Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin; Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin; Paul Gaugin; Eugene-Henri Gauguin; Kao-keng; Pablo Gauguin; Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin; Gauguin; Polʹ Gogen; Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin.
- Core metadata: The Wikipedia title for him is Paul Gauguin. The Wikidata description reads "French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)." The source records a sitelink_count of 132.

### Fields and practices
- Primary artistic practices recorded in the source:
  - Painting.
  - Printmaking.
  - Sculpture.
  - Graphic arts.
  - Draftsmanship/drawing.
  - Ceramics.
  - Illustration.
  - Broader visual arts.

### Movement and genres
- Movement: Post‑Impressionism (described in the source as a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905).
- Genres associated in source material: portrait, landscape painting, genre art, still life, and painting as a practice.

### Major works (chronological selection from source)
- 1880: Study of a Nude.
- 1886: Still Life with Profile of Laval (Indianapolis Museum of Art).
- 1888: Vision After the Sermon; Landscape near Arles; The Night Café in Arles; The Wave; Self-portrait with Portrait of Bernard; Madame Roulin; The Painter of Sunflowers (1888-12-01; Van Gogh Museum).
- 1889: The Green Christ; The Yellow Christ; La belle Angèle; Christ in the Garden of Olives; Landscape from Bretagne; Self-Portrait; Schuffenecker's Studio; Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut.
- 1890: Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ; Tahitian Women on the Beach (country listed as ).
- 1891: Tahitian Woman with a Flower; Ia Orana Maria; The Woodcutter; Conversation (Les Parau Parau).
- 1892: Manaò tupapaú; The Siesta; Aha Oe Feii?; Fatata te Miti; Matamoe (Death), Landscape with Peacocks; Arearea (1892); When Will You Marry? (also listed under Owned / Operated by).
- 1893: The Moon and the Earth; Merahi metua no Tehamana; Self-portrait with hat.
- 1894: Oviri (ceramic sculpture); Arearea no varua ino (Reclining Tahitian Women); Sacred Spring: Sweet Dreams (Nave nave moe); Day of the God (Mahana no Atua); Paysannes bretonnes.
- 1896: Nave Nave Mahana; Te tamari no atua (listed as in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich); The King's Wife; Not to work.
- 1897: Vairumati; Nevermore.
- 1897–98: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
- 1899: Two Tahitian Women; Landscape, Horse on the Road.
- 1902: The Call.
- 1903: Hiva Oa.

Note: many of these works are explicitly given with inception years in the source; museum associations are preserved where specified.

### Materials and object types
- Paintings (oil canvases and other media) dominate the listed works.
- Prints and graphic works are recorded through his identification as a printmaker and graphic artist.
- Sculpture and ceramics are represented, most notably by the ceramic sculpture Oviri (1894).

### Museum and collection associations (as given)
- The Painter of Sunflowers — listed with Van Gogh Museum.
- Still Life with Profile of Laval — listed with the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
- Te tamari no atua — listed with the Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
- Several paintings are listed with country or institutional qualifiers in the source (e.g., Tahitian Women on the Beach — country ; The Green Christ — country Q31; Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut — country ).

### Associations, contemporaries and related people (as listed in source)
The source lists multiple artists and cultural figures connected in its data set (names and their descriptors are given exactly as in source):
- Katsushika Hokusai — Japanese artist (1760–1849).
- Eugène Delacroix — French painter (1798–1863).
- Paul Cézanne — French painter (1839–1906).
- Claude Monet — French painter (1840–1926).
- Camille Pissarro — Danish‑French painter (1830–1903).
- Edgar Degas — French Impressionist artist (1834–1917).
- Gustave Loiseau — French Post‑Impressionist painter (1865–1935).
- Émile Schuffenecker — French painter, art collector and suspected forger (1851–1934).
- Othon Friesz — French artist (1879–1949).
- Francisco Brennand — Brazilian sculptor (1927–2019).
- Aristide Maillol — sculptor from France (1861–1944).
- André Derain — French painter and engraver (1880–1954).
- Georges Lacombe — French painter and sculptor (1868–1916).
- Robert Bevan — British painter (1865–1925).
- Vincent van Gogh — Dutch painter (1853–1890).
- Nicholas Roerich — Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947).
- Martiros Saryan — Armenian painter (1880–1972).
- Ēduard Artsrunyan — Soviet painter (1929–2010).
- Pierre Bonnard — French painter and printmaker (1867–1947).
- Marc Chagall — Belarusian‑French artist (1887–1985).
- Israel Tsvaygenbaum — American artist.
- Paula Modersohn‑Becker — German expressionist painter (1876–1907).

(Each of the above is included in the source's "Key People" section with occupations and dates as provided.)

### Namesakes and commemorations
- Gauguin — crater on Mercury, listed in the source as a named entity.
- Paul Gauguin — a cruise ship built in 1997 shares his name (listed as a Thing in the data).

### Works listed as owned / operated (source labels)
- Study of a Nude — 1880 (listed under Owned / Operated by).
- When Will You Marry? — 1892 (listed under Owned / Operated by).

### Related concepts and categories (from source)
- Painting as a practice.
- Visual arts as a domain.
- Post‑Impressionism as the linked movement.
- Genres connected to his output: portrait, landscape painting, genre art, still life.

### Legacy and continuing presence
- Multiple famous paintings and objects are repeatedly enumerated in the source, indicating persistent attention to these titles in museum and reference contexts.
- The glacier of titles and dates in the source documents Gauguin's sustained production across the 1880s and 1890s and into the early 1900s.

### Gaps in sourced data
- The source does not provide exact birth place, detailed birth or death dates beyond the years 1848–1903, educational institutions or specific employers. Those fields are therefore not included as definitive facts here.

(End of body.)

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