Paul Gauguin  (French, 1848-1903) 

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Paul Gauguin Biography
1848   Born: June 7, Paris, France
1851 - 1855   Lived in Lima, Peru
1865 - 1871   Served in the merchant marine and traveled the tropics
1874   Began to paint as a hobby
1884   Moved with his family to Copenhagen, Denmark, to pursue business
1885   Separated from his wife and children, returned to Paris to paint full-time
1887   Traveled with Charles Laval to Panama and Martinique
1891   Traveled to Tahiti
1899   Founded his own journal, Le Sourire
1901   Moved to the Marquesas Islands
1903   Died: May 8, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Selected Exhibitions
2005   April 8 - June 19, "Special Installation: Prints by Paul Gauguin", The Clark
2002   June 18 - Oct. 20, "Gauguin in New York Collections: The Lure of the Exotic", Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
1955   Sept. 30 - Oct. 26, "Paul Gauguin", Tate Britain
1906   Retrospective. Salon d'Automne. Paris, France.
1889   Group exhibition: Paul Gauguin, Emile Bernard and Paul Sérusier; Café Volpini. Paris, France
1879 - 1886   Impressionist Exhibitions; Paris, France.

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