Thursday, April 19, 2012

Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin was born on 7 of june 1848, it was a post-impresionist. He died in 9 of may 1903. When he went to Taithí, he created a new style of drawing, he called it cloisonnisme. 

With his new style, he used to paint with dark outlines, contrasting with pure colours. He liked to draw Taithí's women and tropical landscapes. He used pastels shapes.

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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin

2 comments:

  1. Thank you, Maya, very good, but in my opinion, it is very short. You can enlarge the post explaining better the painting.
    I don´t understand "pastel shapes"? Do you mind "pastel colours" or maybe "flat shapes"?

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