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Gauguin, vision after the sermon
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The Mango Trees, Martinique is the most ambitious work that Gauguin produced during his campaign on the Caribbean island of Martinique.

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On the Banks of the River at Martinique (1887)

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia. The paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region.

His work was influential on the French avant-garde and many modern artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, and he is well known for his relationship with Vincent and Theo van Gogh. Gauguin's art became popular after his death, partially from the efforts of dealer Ambroise Vollard, who organized exhibitions of his work late in his career and assisted in organizing two important posthumous exhibitions in Paris.

Gauguin was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer. His expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way for P

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Paul Gauguin

"In painting there is more to look for in suggestion than in description."

+ Coup de coeur

"Coup de coeur" by Paul Gauguin

Nave Nave Fenua - Décembre 2011

En 1768, Bougainville jette l'encre à Tahiti, et dans son journal de bord décrit l'île comme un « Jardin d'Eden ». Après en avoir pris connaissance, Diderot écrit « Le Tahitien touche à l'origine du monde et l'Européen touche à sa vieillesse ».
C'est dans l'évasion que Paul Gauguin rencontre sa force créatrice ; d'abord en Bretagne, puis en Polynésie. Il embarque le 1er avril 1891 : « Je pars pour être tranquille, pour être débarrassé de l'influence de la civilisation. Je ne veux faire que de l'art très simple ; pour cela j'ai besoin de me retremper dans la nature vierge, de ne voir que des sauvages, de vivre leur vie, sans autre préoccupation que de rendre, comme le ferait un enfant, les conceptions de mon cerveau avec l'aide seulement des moyens d'art primitif, les seuls bons, les seuls vrais ». En arrivant le 9 juin 1891, c'est la déconvenue : le colonialisme a balayé la culture tahitienn

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Paul Gauguin's Life-Altering Voyage to Martinique

“I had a decisive experience in Martinique. It was only there that I felt like my real self and one must look for me in the works I brought back,” writes Paul Gauguin, an artist who was drawn to exoticism of all kinds. Always eager for new experiences, his letters to his wife and friends were filled with notions of travel and exploration. The first journey to the island of Martinique was precipitated by the harsh conditions in which Gauguin found himself in 1887. Financially insecure and estranged from his wife, Gauguin was convinced that a bright future lay ahead of him in Panama.

Accompanied by his friend Charles Laval, the pair sailed toward the Americas in April, briefly stopping on Martinique before continuing their voyage. Unfortunately for Gauguin, Panama’s purported charms were illusory; he and Laval decided to return to Martinique not long after they’d arrived. Gauguin’s return to the Caribbean island in June 1887 marks the beginning of his extraordinary association with the tropics. Martinique made a powerful