Paul Gauguin was a French post-impressionist artist who had strong influences in the Symbolist art movement in early 1900s. His bold use of colors, exaggerated body proportions and stark contrasts in his painting separated him from the rest of artists at that time, and help to pave the way for the Primitivism art movement. For most of his life, he lived and paint in Tahiti. He was a self-mythologized and was kin on projecting different images of himself which was not only reflected in his self-portrait but also the way he talked and wrote about himself.
His work “La Orana Maria” was mentioned in the video. In this painting, he transformed the Christian figures of the Virgin Mary and Jesus into a Tahitian mother and child. Other than painting,
His work “La Orana Maria” was mentioned in the video. In this painting, he transformed the Christian figures of the Virgin Mary and Jesus into a Tahitian mother and child. Other than painting,