Gauguin

[ goh-gan ]

noun
  1. (Eu·gène Hen·ri) Paul [œ-zhenahn-reepawl], /œˈʒɛn ɑ̃ˈri pɔl/, 1848–1903, French painter.

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How to use Gauguin in a sentence

  • To a considerable extent the influence of Gauguin was literary, and therefore in the long run negligible.

    Since Czanne | Clive Bell

British Dictionary definitions for Gauguin

Gauguin

/ (French ɡoɡɛ̃) /


noun
  1. 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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