Post #441050 by Zeta on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 9:57 PM

At first, I didn't liked it, but now I like it a lot. Like beer.
Gauguin was a cool guy... a sophisticated savage, a protobeatnik, a rebel and an escapist... This is the kind of art that you enjoy much more after reading about the artist's life... Anyone ever felt like Running away to an exotic island? He did it a hundred years ago...
I guess this is where he was buried...

before they moved him to his museum so thousands of tourists can visit his tomb... I am convinced he would not like that... That is what he was escaping from! Oh, well...
There are many "myths" about monsieur Paul Gauguin... One is that he died in absolute poverty... Which they say, is not true, He had some money from a painting that he had recently sold in a descent price. (his agent in Paris probably lied about the real price at which Gauguin's paintings where selling for and kept most of the money from the sold paintings.) Also, in his hut, they found a lot of cases with brand new bottles of absinthe .

Great pictures everyone!