This is an incomplete list of paintings by the French painter

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (, ; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of colour and Synthetist style that were distinct fr ...

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Overview

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a leading 19th-century

Post-Impressionist Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction ag ...

artist,

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and writer. His bold experimentation with color directly influenced

modern art Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...

in the 20th century while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to

Primitivism Primitivism is a mode of aesthetic idealization that either emulates or aspires to recreate a "primitive" experience. It is also defined as a philosophical doctrine that considers "primitive" peoples as nobler than civilized peoples and was an o ...

and the return to the

pastoral A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music (pastorale) that depict ...

. He was also an influential proponent of wood

engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an in ...

and

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas tha ...

s as art forms.Woodcut and Wood Engraving

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Timeline

*1873–1884 Family life in Paris *1884 Family life in Rouen *1884 Family life in Copenhagen *1885 Dieppe, Paris *1886–1887 Artist's colony, Pont Aven, Brittany *1887 Trip to Martinique *1888 Pont Aven *1888 Staying with Van Gogh in Arles, Provençal *1889 Pont Aven *1891–1893 Trip to Tahiti *1894 Pont Aven *1895–1901 Living in Tahiti *1901–1903 Living at Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands

List

* ''Titles in French and English were not necessarily given by Gauguin. Titles in Tahitian are those written on the paintings. Click on the image for more information about the painting.'' * '' Column WIN indicates the

Wildenstein Index Number A Wildenstein Index Number refers to an item in a numerical system published in catalogues by Daniel Wildenstein, a scholar of Impressionism, who published catalogues raisonnés of artists such as Claude Monet, Édouard Manet and Paul Gauguin thro ...

(W. Georges/Daniel) and/or the Gabriele Mandel Sugana Index Number (S.)''

1873–1885 (Paris, Rouen, Copenhagen)

1885–1886 (Dieppe, Paris)

1886-1891 (Brittany, Martinique, Provençal)

1891–1893 (Tahiti, Brittany)

1896–1903 (Tahiti, Marquesas Islands)

References

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Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (, ; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of colour and Synthetist style that were distinct fro ...