Deep and mysterious art

A life outside the box, in search of the profound reasons for human existence on this earth: this is the great Paul Gauguin.

Do you know this painter, famous for his colorful and mysterious works?

Do you love his primitive art and his works rich in symbols?

Here are some ideas to discover the secrets of Paul Gauguin!

From finance to painting

Paul Gauguin, like other great painters of his time, was not always a professional artist.
In fact, his first job was as a stockbroker on the Paris stock exchange, a profession that allowed him to earn truly considerable sums of money.
He cultivated his passion for painting as a hobby for years before launching himself into the professional world!

a life of deep research

Gauguin’s art was guided by the search for a pure dimension of human existence, far from the materialistic influences of the modern Western world.
This deep interest, called Primitivism, led Gauguin to live first in Brittany, within a community of artists devoted to a minimalist lifestyle, and then to Tahiti, in French Polynesia, where he remained until the end of his days.

A ‘synthetic’ style

Gauguin’s works reflect his search for essentiality, and his painting style is called Synthetism.
A style that searched for simple and natural forms, obtained through large areas of bright color, delimited by thick, pronounced lines.
This search has produced works rich in symbols that reflect on the concepts of life, death and the mystery of human existence.

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