For much of his life, Paul Gauguin railed against the deadening effects of bourgeois domesticity. But as Sue Prideaux writes ...

According to naval records, Paul Gauguin’s eyes were brown. In early self-portraits, the French artist painted himself with a crooked nose, and he scrawled a signature and date in the corners.

“Man leaves job to pursue other, more meaningful interests” is a theme that’s very of the moment, but rarely does it effect a monumental change. Not so in the 19th century. That’s when—in 1882, to be ...

Framing Art History’s Most Famous Friendships—and Fallouts Museums and galleries are increasingly highlighting the great collaborations and rivalries behind the world’s best-loved masterpieces.

Paul Gauguin's quest for artistic purity in Tahiti produced great work that influenced countless artists and movements. At the same time it cemented the western myth of a paradise with women ...

Paul Gauguin, Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin, 1889. Two Nudes on a Tahitian Beach, 1891-94 On Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, Gauguin built his Maison du Jouir amid the coconut palms, minutes from ...

This Amateur Art Detective Thinks Paul Gauguin’s Last Self-Portrait Is a Fake The new allegations come from Fabrice Fourmanoir, who previously identified a fraudulent Gauguin sculpture that the ...