The instability of each artist's character meant it was always likely to prove a rocky period, but they left on reasonably good ground, each understanding their own issues and accepting them Gauguin's friendship with extraordinary Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh is well covered online and it's written accounts and they spent a short period together in Arles in an attempt to inspire each other. Japanese art was certainly to his taste, as it was with Van Gogh and Claude Monet too. Gauguin became unimpressed with traditional and contemporary European art of this era and so started to find interest in other regional art from Africa and Asia. Many artists rarely find satisfaction and comfort, but spend a lot of time striving for it.
Gauguin, like so many famous artists, regularly suffered with bouts of depression and mental illness throughout his career and constantly went in new directions for his painting as he struggled for satisfaction with his own progression. Gauguin's oil paintings have generally been classified as post-impressionist and primitivist, the latter of which refers to a simple choice of detail and imagination over accuracy in terms of portraits. Gauguin was really famous in the art technique of engraving too, plus sketching amongst others. Paris-born Paul Gauguin used an unusual and oddly experimental use of colour schemes and techniques, which helped to influence other future styles such as cubism and modern art pre-WWII.
Paul Gauguin was a famous French Impressionist artist, whose oil paintings have gained him followers in Europe and the rest of the world, retaining their popularity today.
Gauguin, like so many famous artists, regularly suffered with bouts of depression and mental illness throughout his career and constantly went in new directions for his painting as he struggled for satisfaction with his own progression. Gauguin's oil paintings have generally been classified as post-impressionist and primitivist, the latter of which refers to a simple choice of detail and imagination over accuracy in terms of portraits. Gauguin was really famous in the art technique of engraving too, plus sketching amongst others. Paris-born Paul Gauguin used an unusual and oddly experimental use of colour schemes and techniques, which helped to influence other future styles such as cubism and modern art pre-WWII.
Paul Gauguin was a famous French Impressionist artist, whose oil paintings have gained him followers in Europe and the rest of the world, retaining their popularity today.
