1848–1903

Paul Gauguin

Post-Impressionist and Symbolist who abandoned Paris for Brittany and then Tahiti, developing a flat, color-saturated style that helped open European art to non-Western sources.

Where to see Paul Gauguin: Art Institute of Chicago (3 works); National Gallery of Art (3 works); Van Gogh Museum (3 works).

Public-domain works: Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana), 1893; Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne, 1890; Polynesian Woman with Children, 1901; Self-Portrait, 1889; Self-Portrait with Portrait of Emile Bernard (Les misérables), 1888; Portrait of Joseph-Michel Ginoux, 1888; Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889; Madame Alexandre Kohler, 1887/1888; Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888.

Exhibitions: Paul Gauguin & the South Pacific - 40 Drawings & Prints, Chicago, September 3, 2003 to January 11, 2004.