This document discusses the post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin. It notes that in 1891, seeking to escape European civilization, Gauguin sailed to French Polynesia, where he produced paintings influenced by the local culture and wrote a book describing his experiences, though modern critics allege parts were fictionalized.

1. This time, let’s take a look at
the work of a painter who also-
like R. L. Stevenson- moved to a
Polynesian island.
Painting and Literature

2. His name is : Paul Gauguin

3. Biographical note
 Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a
leading French Post-Impressionist artist who was not well
appreciated until after his death.
 Gauguin was later recognized for his experimental use of colors
and synthetist style that were distinguishably different from
Impressionism.
 His work was influential to the French avant-garde and many
modern artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.

4. In Tahiti –French Polynesia
 In 1891, Gauguin sailed to French Polynesia to escape European
civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional".[15]
He wrote a book titled Noa Noa describing his experiences in
Tahiti.
 There have been allegations by modern critics that the contents of
the book were fantasized and plagiarized.[16]

5. In 1891, Gauguin sailed to French Polynesia to
escape European civilization and "everything that is
artificial and conventional".[15] He wrote a book
titled Noa Noa describing his experiences in Tahiti.
There have been allegations by modern critics that
the contents of the book were fantasized and
plagiarized.[16]