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Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

1848–1903

WA-00000523

PaintingImpressionismPrimitivismPost-Impressionism

Representation

None documented

76

Institutional Exhibitions

509

Works in Collection

573

Assets Indexed

12

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Gaugin and his Circle in Brittany: The Prints of the Pont-Aven School

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-gauguin
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/paul-gauguin
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2098
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Paul Gauguin yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Impressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (509)

Le Sourire

1952 · Collotype and letterpress in black on various cream wove papers, contained within commercially printed cream textured paper wrapper

Closed: 40.6 × 29.3 × 15 cm (16 × 11 9/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Open: 40.6 × 59.3 cm (16 × 23 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ on the Cross

1926 · Rubbing on Japan paper

sheet: 20 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (52.1 x 26 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marehurehu: Between Day and Night (Marehurehu: Entre le Jour et la Nuit)

Marehurehu: Between Day and Night (Marehurehu: Entre le Jour et la Nuit)

1925 · Book with facsimile woodcuts on cream wove paper

28.1 × 22.8 × 1.6 cm (11 1/8 × 9 × 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Invocation

1903 · oil on canvas

overall: 65.5 × 75.6 cm (25 13/16 × 29 3/4 in.) framed: 95.89 × 105.73 × 8.26 cm (37 3/4 × 41 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Marquesans [verso]

Two Marquesans [verso]

1902 · pencil and crayon

sheet: 45.8 x 34.5 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Marquesans [recto]

Two Marquesans [recto]

1902 · traced monotype in warm black retouched slightly with an olive pigment

sheet: 45.8 x 34.5 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Père Paillard

1902 · painted miro wood

overall: 67.9 x 18 x 20.7 cm (26 3/4 x 7 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Rider

1902 · gouache monotype touched with gum or varnish on laid paper

sheet: 32.7 x 59.7 cm (12 7/8 x 23 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians

Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians

1902 · Transfer drawing in brown and black ink on cream Japanese paper

24.6 × 39.6 cm (9 11/16 × 15 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Female (related to the painting Sister of Charity)

Seated Female (related to the painting Sister of Charity)

1902 · Transfer drawing in black ink on ivory wove paper

14.1 × 21.9 cm (5 9/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Call

1902 · oil on fabric

Animal Studies

1901 · traced monotype in black and red on thin wove paper laid down on wove paper

National Gallery of Art

Polynesian Woman with Children

Polynesian Woman with Children

1901 · Oil on linen canvas

97 × 74 cm (38 3/16 × 29 1/8 in.); Framed: 111.2 × 88.3 × 5.8 cm (43 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1901 · Oil on canvas

29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Change of Residence (Changement de résidence)

1901 · Oil transfer drawing

sheet (irreg.): 5 1/2 x 8 9/16" (14 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Polynesian Woman with Children

Polynesian Woman with Children

1901 · Oil on linen canvas

97 × 74 cm (38 3/16 × 29 1/8 in.); Framed: 111.2 × 88.3 × 5.8 cm (43 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women

1901 · Oil on canvas

Tahitian Shore [verso]

Tahitian Shore [verso]

1900 · pencil, blue pencil and (brown wash?)

sheet: 33.2 x 51 cm (13 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tahitian Shore [recto]

Tahitian Shore [recto]

1900 · traced monotype in warm black and brown on off-white wove paper

sheet: 33.2 x 51 cm (13 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Women Chattering, headpiece for Le Sourire

Two Women Chattering, headpiece for Le Sourire

1900 · Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper

Image: 10.2 × 15.1 cm (4 1/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 17.8 × 18.9 cm (7 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man Carrying Bananas Followed by Two Horses, headpiece for Le sourire

Man Carrying Bananas Followed by Two Horses, headpiece for Le sourire

1900 · Wood-block print printed twice in black ink on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (recto); wood-block print in black ink over orange ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (verso)

Image: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 15.4 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with a Cat

Woman with a Cat

1900 · Transfer drawing in brownish-black ink (recto); graphite and blue crayon pencil with brush and solvent washes in ocher on cream wove paper

46.5 × 61.5 cm (18 5/16 × 24 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for a Fan Featuring a Landscape and a Statue of the Goddess Hina

Design for a Fan Featuring a Landscape and a Statue of the Goddess Hina

1900 · Watercolor and gouache, with touches of pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream Japanese paper (pieced), laid down on cream wove paper

Primary and secondary supports: 20.8 × 41.7 cm (8 1/4 × 16 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire

Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire

1900 · Watercolor, with black colored pencil, and touches of pen and black ink, over a transfer drawing in black, and wood-block print in black ink with blue watercolor on cream wove paper

Sheet: 29.8 × 20.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Headpiece: 9.8 × 16.4 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (7)

509 published of 542 catalogued · 473 with image

Art Institute Chicago
220 published220 img
Nga
172 published172 img
The Met
63 published1 img
MoMA
33 publishedof 66 catalogued59 img
Unknown
16 published16 img
Tate
4 published4 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Ia Orana Maria
1894 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Harvest: Le Pouldu
1890 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study of a Tree. Verso: Portrait Study of a Man (?Paul Gauguin)
1887 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

28 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Volpini Suite: The Grasshoppers and the Ants (Les Cigales et les Fourmis) (1889)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Woman with Figs (1894, printed 1899)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Volpini Suite: Laundresses (Les Laveuses) (1889)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eve (1898–99)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Emil Gauguin as a Child, Right Hand Forward (c. 1875–1876)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Emil Gauguin as a Child, Head on a Pillow (c. 1875–1876)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino) (recto); Women Washing Clothes (verso) (1893–1894)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relationships

28

Influence1

Henri Matisseinfluence

Peers & Context9

Vincent van Goghcontemporary Georges SeuratcontemporaryThannhauser Collectionco-exhibitedEdgar Degasco-exhibitedEdouard Manetco-exhibitedPablo Picassoco-exhibited

Movements9

Impressionism Primitivism Post-Impressionism Abstract Art Cubism Art Nouveau

Collections9

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

lycée Pothier

Visual Arts

Network

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Vincent van Gogh

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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