I love Brittany; I find wildness and primitiveness there. W… - Paul Gauguin

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I love Brittany; I find wildness and primitiveness there. When my wooden shoes ring on this granite, I hear the muffled, dull, and powerful tone which I try to achieve in painting.

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Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter; From 1895 he lived and painted in Papeete on Tahiti.

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Alternative Names: Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin • Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin • Paul Gaugin • Eugene-Henri Gauguin • Kao-keng • Pablo Gauguin • Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin • Gauguin • Polʹ Gogen • Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin • Eugène Henry Paul Gauguin • Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin • Paul Eugene Henri Gauguin • Eugene Henry Paul Gauguin • p. gauguin • gauguin paul • P. gaugin

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