Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin Was Born In Paris, France On June 7, 1848. His Family

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Term Paper Title	Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin Was Born In Paris, France On June 7, 1848. His Family
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Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, France on June 7, 1848.  His family were middle class people with a liberal outlook on life.  His father, Clovis, was a rising journalist, and his own family were gardeners, and had been for generations.  His mother's family was more interesting than his father's however.  His mother's family were Peruvian aristocrats, and some of the were quite famous.  Gauguin's grandmother was Flora Tristan, a feminist and friend of George Sand's (Goode 32).  She as well-known in European radical circles during the first half of the 19th century She rote The emancipation of Women and Peregrinations of a Pariah. Gauguin was a direct descendant of Alexander VI, on his mother's side. Alexander had been pope and it was through his oldest son, Juan, that Gauguin was related to him (Goode 32).  Some of his more remote ancestors, therefore, were Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia.

  Gauguin's early life was interesting as the family did not remain in Paris, but instead spent four years in Peru.  Gauguin, who eventually became an artist, did not give any early indications that he was leaning in that direction.  He worked in the French merchant marine for a time, and then became a stockbroker in Paris.  For a time, he sold tarpaulin in Copenhagen.  His career was a successful one, and he married and had five children.  Everything in his life appeared to be settling down comfortably, but before long, all of that would change.

  In 1874, Gauguin met the artist Camille Pissarro and then later saw the first exhibition of impressionist art.  From that time on, Gauguin became intrigued with art and in fact became a collector of art and then an amateur painter.  However, before long, painting became so important to him that he himself exhibited some of his works with other impressionists between 1876 and 1886.  By 1883 he had decided to give up his secure existence and devote himself full-time to painting, a profession that had no secure income.

    As Gauguin's wife realized that her husband would no longer be able to support her and their five children, she returned to her family, leaving Gauguin to pursue his art on his own.  Gauguin, in fact, had a history of fathering children he could not or would not support.  Between 1886 and 1891 Gauguin lived mostly in rural Brittany, although he did visit Panama and Martinique during that period of time.  In Brittany, however, Gauguin was the center of a small group of experimental painters who we...

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