Gauguin - The Printmaker

One of my favorite post impressionist artist is the gifted and talented Paul Gauguin. One of the things that makes this artist so extraordinary is that his live began with a vocation very different than most artists. Gauguin, a middle-class Parisian stock broker, took up painting full time at age 35. Although known for his remarkable paintings, the prints created by this artist are not as well known.

Some of the most significant pieces of work made by Gauguin were the eleven zincographs created for the Catalogue de L’Exposition de Peintures du Groupe Imppresionniste et Synthetiste, or the Volpini Suite. These prints were originally displayed in a café within the expositions devoted to art in Paris in 1889 and were Gauguin’s first attempts at printmaking.

It has been said that Gauguin has transformed art. His use or color and the flattening forms and emotion prevalent in his work have led many to suggest that he is one of the best. Gauguin is considered to be among the founders of modern art.

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