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Gauguin

American  
[goh-gan] / goʊˈgɛ̃ /

noun

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


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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The show opens with Duchamp’s early paintings, drawings and cartoons, which reveal a shifting constellation of influences—Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

That's why you go look at a Gauguin, a Matisse, a Basquiat.

From Salon ● May 6, 2024

Same goes for SAM’s 2011 Picasso show, one of the highest-attended exhibits in the country that year, and its Gauguin exhibition in 2012.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

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 ● Oct. 6, 2023

Gauguin is talented, and so far he is more successful than Vincent.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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