French painter Paul Gauguin 1848-1903

Apple Trees at L'Hermitage

1879

Gauguin was a Post-Impressionist and a Primitivist, and was a companion of Van Gogh. He is known for his paintings of of Tahiti and its women, with whom he was very familiar. He died of syphilis and hard living at age 54.

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