Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist.Living as the proverbial starving artist, he invented a style he coined "Synthetism" which became a Post-Impressionist form of modern art symbolized by nature through primitive subjects, massive simplified forms and bright color planes.His paintings are bold with strong colors that were unreal,mystic subjects and large areas that were very flat.