What is Paul Gauguin known for?

Paul Gauguin is known for his work as an artist. Although he started his career as part of the French Impressionists, his art later helped define the Symbolist movement, which focused on conveying meaning through the use of symbolic objects. Symbolism was highly influential and helped to inform other modernist movements, such as Fauvism and Expressionism. His distinctive style involved bold colors, flattened forms and semi-abstract subjects in paintings, sculptures and woodcuts. After he moved from France to Tahiti in 1891, his focus shifted to the island’s settings and people in more luminous work. Some of Gauguin's most famous works include Arearea, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? and Tahitian Women on the Beach. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Paul Gauguin art.