Paul Gauguin was a French painter 1848 - 1903. His strong colors and simplified figures is called primitivism. Gauguin longed for a paradise, very different from life in Europe, so he settled on the...
Yes he did. Four in Denmark, on in Tahiti.
Gauguin and van Gogh freed color from illustrating and made it express feelings. This paved the way for the expressionists.
He was an amateur painter for several years before he exhibited for the first time in 1881.
By making a lot of interesting paintings.