Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguinwas born in Paris. He was a successful stockbroker, painting as a hobby. He became the leader of a group of painters at Pont Aven in Brittany, and also lived in Tahiti using local people as his subjects.

KEY WORKS
The Vision after the Sermon
Nevermore
Riders on the Beach
Vision after the Sermon 1888: National Gallery Edinburgh
Tahitian Landscape 1893: The HERMITAGE St Petersburg
Contes Barbares 1902: Folkwang Museum Essen
Bathers at Tahiti Barber Institute Birmingham
By the Sea Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek Copenhagen
The Drinking Place Fujikawa Gallery Osaka Japan
Breton Peasant Women MUSEE d'ORSAY  Paris
Forest Interior MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
Primitive Tales Fokwang Museum Essen
Tropical Vegetation National Galleries of Scotland Edinburgh
At the Café Pushkin Museum Moscow
Ta Matete - We shall not go to the Market Today 1892 - Kunstmuseum Basel/