Reporting from Washington, D.C. — — Many artists and historians look on the painter Paul Gauguin as one of the founders of modern art. His work in the 19th century brimmed with innovation. He tried ...

In 1891, artist Paul Gauguin arrived in the French colony of Tahiti looking for an exotic paradise and convinced that he could make money painting local clients. One first attempt was the Portrait of ...

The sun-dappled scenery and boldly beautiful figures native to some of Gauguin’s most famous Polynesian paintings are only half the story: That’s the thesis of an innovative exhibition currently ...

Paul Gauguin held a paint brush for the first time probably at age 23, in 1871. He was then working successfully in a stock brokerage firm in Paris. There was nothing unusual about Gauguin at the time ...

Paul Gauguin, the 19th century French painter whose work is frequently described as primitive, exotic and erotic, reflected in his work his idea of paradise. The Seoul Museum of Art (SEMA) is ...

A work by French painter Paul Gauguin, who died penniless in 1903, has reportedly smashed the record books as the most expensive ever sold. The piece, Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?), is ...

Many an artist stays in one place. Others journey. Vincent van Gogh began his art in the harsh coal fields of the laboring poor, came to Paris to paint and then pursued his unique, burning vision in ...