AKA Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin

Born: 7-Jun-1848
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 8-May-1903
Location of death: Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Atuona Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Island, French Polynesia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Painter

Nationality: France
Executive summary: French post-impressionist painter

Father: Clovis Gauguin (editor)
Mother: Aline Marie Chazal
Sister: Mari
Wife: Mette Sophie Gad (b. 1850, m. 1873, d. 1920, five children)
Son: Emile (b. 1874)
Daughter: Aline (b. 1877, d. 1897)
Son: Clovis (b. 1879, d. 1900)
Son: Jean René (b. 1881, d. 1961)
Son: Pola (b. 1883, d. 1961)
Mistress: Juliette Huais (model, one daughter)
Daughter: Germaine Chardon (artist, b. 13-Aug-1891, with Huais)
Mistress: Pau'ura (Tahitian, one son)
Son: Emile (b. 1899, with Pau'ura)
Mistress: Mari-Rose (Tahitian, one daughter)
Daughter: (b. 14-Sep-1902, with Mari-Rose)
Girlfriend: Annah the Javanese (b. circa 1880, left him in 1894)

    Suicide Attempt 1897
    Armory Show
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Syphilis

Is the subject of books:
La Vie de Gauguin, 1961, BY: Henri Perruchot
Paul Gauguin: His Life and Art, 1965, BY: A. Kantor-Gukovskaya

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