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Paul Gauguin - art and life
What year was Paul Gauguin born?
1848
1849
1847
1850
Although Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, France, some of his greatest artistic influences came from the art and aesthetic of his childhood home countries of:
the Bahamas and the Marquesas
Tahiti and Martinique
Lima and Peru
Portugal and Spain
Title?
Yellow Christ
Year?
1889
While Paul Gauguin is now known as a world famous artist, his early career was spent as a:
Doctor
Farmer
Stock broker
Potter
What happened after finishing the painting "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"
He stopped painting
He became a preacher
He painted only portraits
He tried to commit a suicide
He tried to commit a suicide
What's the title of the painting?
Are You Jealous?
To escape civilization Gauguin went to the island of _____.
Crete
Malta
Tahiti
Capri
Paul Gauguin did not begin his career as an artist until later in his life. In this painting, we begin to see signs of his new style, particularly his use of large areas of pure:
Texture
Expression
Repetition
Color
What's the title of the painting?
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Mette asleep on the sofa
Nevermore
The King's Wife
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Paul Gauguin married a danish woman, Mette-Sophie Gad, in 1873 and they both had 5 kids together.
True
False
Match the pairs.
1st Tahiti period
A Big Tree
Match the pairs.
2nd Tahiti period
Nativity
Match the pairs.
Breton Period
Cows on the Seashore
Match the pairs.
Paris Period
The Guitar Player
Gauguin's father was a __________.
Journalist
Pharmacist
Illustrator
Doctor
What's the title of the painting?
Portrait of Atiti
A Little Child
The Child and the Death
Sleeping Angel
What year did Gauguin meet Pissarro?
1880
1865
1874
1868
Late in October 1888 Gauguin traveled to Arles, in the south of France, to stay with _________.
Vincent van Gogh
Paul Cezanne
Camille Pissarro
Edgar Degas
What's the title of the painting?
Melancholic
Brooding Woman
Mother and Daughter
Tahitian Women
What year did Paul Gauguin arrive in Papeete?
1891
What's the title of the book illustrated with his own woodcuts, that Gauguin published in 1925?
Dreamland
Noa Noa
Coucou
Dream of Tahiti
What's the title of the painting?
Brooding Woman
The King's Wife
Melancholic
What's new?
What year did Paul Gauguin pass away?
1901
1903
1904
1902