Friday 29 March 2013

paul gauguin


paul gauguin

french

paris 1848-1903 marquesas island

post impressionism

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both parents political non conformist

on louis napoleons short list

leaving france for peru

father never getting to



on the ship his last breath

heart attack causing death

six years in peru

then france returning to



orleans drab dull bourgeois

gaugan joins the merchant navy

then stockbroking he turned to

much wealth he did accrue



well known business man standing tall

family children-leaving all

the panama canal finding work

leaves to satisfy his artistic quirk



on a polynesian island he practised art

amongst post impressionists playing his part



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su32RX4fihE


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