Paul GAUGIN

Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. Gaugin's bold experimentation with coloring led directly to the Synthetist style of modern art while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms.