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Definition of “Gauguin”

Gauguin (French ɡoɡɛ̃) 

Definitions

noun

  1. Paul (pɔl). 1848–1903, French postimpressionist painter, who worked in the South Pacific from 1891. Inspired by primitive art, his work is characterized by flat contrasting areas of pure colours

Example Sentences Including 'Gauguin'

Forged Gauguin exposes artful dodger It seemed the simplest of scams.
Mail and Guardian (2004)
He used van Gogh and Gauguin as examples of such artists and this idea of the ultimate painting is one which appears to intrigue Adams.
Improve Your Landscape Painting
It shows Gauguin responding to Van Gogh's enthusiasm for oriental art.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
McKelvey said his great-grandfather, a Captain Ernest Frederick Hughes Allen, had been given it by Paul Gauguin.
New Zealand Herald (2003)
The clarity with which Gauguin embodies the escapist myth is certainly a huge part of his appeal.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
` Gauguin ," said Una triumphantly, rendering the name in perfect French.
Bringle, Mary Death of an Unknown Man

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