Gauguin

[ goh-gan ]
/ goʊˈgɛ̃ /

noun

(Eu·gène Hen·ri) Paul [œ-zhen ahn-ree pawl] /œˈʒɛn ɑ̃ˈri pɔl/,1848–1903, French painter.

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Gauguin
/ (French ɡoɡɛ̃) /

noun

Paul (pɔl). 1848–1903, French postimpressionist painter, who worked in the South Pacific from 1891. Inspired by primitive art, his work is characterized by flat contrasting areas of pure colours
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