Gauguin

American  

[goh-gan] / goʊˈgɛ̃ /

noun

1. (Eugène Henri) Paul 1848–1903, French painter.

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Gauguin British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

The annals of art history are rife with stories of rivals—Van Gogh and Gauguin, Picasso and Matisse, and countless other artists—that frame their work as competing aesthetic visions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The MFA assembled 14 of these, contextualized by self-portraits, Japanese prints, works by artists Van Gogh admired, and paintings by Paul Gauguin, who joined his friend in the south toward the end of 1888.

From The Wall Street Journal

From now until mid-January, that Gauguin has a new next-door neighbor: the artist Claudette Johnson, who is the guest of the art museum in the grand Somerset House with her show “Presence.”

From New York Times

Prints by Gauguin and Whistler imbibe Hokusai’s blocky colors and flattened spaces.

From New York Times

The story of how van Gogh, a lonely spirit who longed for companionship, invited Gauguin to stay with him in the Yellow House in Arles has often been recounted.

From New York Times