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Gauguin's Trip To Tahiti |
In 1871, Paul Gauguin was a stockbroker in Paris, married with kids, living a normal life. Then he decided to take up
painting as a nice little hobby, and made paintings on a somewhat casual basis for 12 years. But he got more
and more serious about it, and in 1883 suddenly quit his job to paint full-time. He soon became estranged from his
family, completely absorbed in his art.
Gauguin is well known for deciding to "drop out" of his ordered life and
looking for pure artistic inspiration in a "primitive" environment - and he traveled to Tahiti.
(Click on the image
below to help Gauguin on this quest) |
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