As both traveller and painter, Paul Gauguin is, for many, most famous for his time in Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands, where he immortalised (and indulged in) the languorous sensuality of the local girls. Others remember the nine tempestuous weeks he spent in the Yellow House in Arles with Vincent Van Gogh, which culminated with the incident in the local brothel when the Dutchman sliced off part of his ear with a razor.
In an era when France and the US still enjoyed good relations, the air became so thick with American artists that they held regular baseball matches against their compatriots based in Concarneau. Rightly sensing that Pont-Aven was losing its "sauvage" edge, Gauguin decamped to the nearby seaside village of Le Pouldu. Isolated
In an era when France and the US still enjoyed good relations, the air became so thick with American artists that they held regular baseball matches against their compatriots based in Concarneau. Rightly sensing that Pont-Aven was losing its "sauvage" edge, Gauguin decamped to the nearby seaside village of Le Pouldu. Isolated