Born in Paris on 7 June, 1848
In 1903, Gauguin was sentences to three-months in prison and fined 1,000 francs because of problems with the church and the colonial administration. Before he could begin his sentence he died, on the 8th of May at his home in Atuana.
Media:Painting
His Biography
The Seine at the Pont d'Iéna, Snowy Weather.1875. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
Bouquet. 1884. Oil on canvas. Collection of Otto Krebs, Holzdorf. Now in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Yellow Christ. 1889. Oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Black Pigs. 1891. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
By Caroyn Tan
