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Paul Gauguin - art and life
What year was Paul Gauguin born?
1850
1847
1848
1849
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
Portugal and Spain
Lima and Peru
Title?
Yellow Christ
Year?
1889
While Paul Gauguin is now known as a world famous artist, his early career was spent as a:
Stock broker
Potter
Doctor
Farmer
What happened after finishing the painting "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"
He painted only portraits
He became a preacher
He tried to commit a suicide
He stopped painting
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 _____.
Malta
Crete
Capri
Tahiti
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
Color
Repetition
What's the title of the painting?
Mette asleep on the sofa
Spirit of the Dead Watching
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
Doctor
Illustrator
Pharmacist
What's the title of the painting?
The Child and the Death
Portrait of Atiti
A Little Child
Sleeping Angel
What year did Gauguin meet Pissarro?
1874
1880
1868
1865
Late in October 1888 Gauguin traveled to Arles, in the south of France, to stay with _________.
Camille Pissarro
Vincent van Gogh
Edgar Degas
Paul Cezanne
What's the title of the painting?
Melancholic
Mother and Daughter
Brooding Woman
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?
Dream of Tahiti
Dreamland
Noa Noa
Coucou
What's the title of the painting?
What's new?
Melancholic
Brooding Woman
The King's Wife
What year did Paul Gauguin pass away?
1901
1904
1902
1903
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