Paul Gauguin and his connection to Southern Brittany is well documented on the Internet. If you want a full biography of Paul Gauguin there are several but Wikipedia is as good a starting point as you’ll find and contains many links to other sites.

I’m pretty much an art barbarian, but I seem to remember that it was Gauguin provoked Van Gogh to cut off his ear!

Gauguin's Extraordinary Life

Paul Gauguin went from an early career in the merchant marine to success on the Paris stock exchange.

Later Paul Gauguin moved to Pont-Aven and Le Pouldu, where he held court and developed his artistic talent.

Later still he went to the tropics, and ended up on Tahiti, where he produced some of his most memorable works of art. He was ever in search of “the savage and the primitive,” or man in his most natural and original state.

Paul Gauguin’s time in Le Pouldu.

Gauguin, Paul Serusier, Meyer de Haan and Armand Seguin came to Le Pouldu from Pont Aven in the summer of 1889. They stayed in the boarding house run by Marie Henry, the Buvette de la Plage.

At the time, Gauguin and his fellow artists couldn't sell any of their works, so they couldn't pay for room and board.

Marie Henry kept small paintings and sketches from her boarders in lieu of payment.

The artists stayed for weeks and decorated the walls and door panels of the tiny dining room with their paintings.

There is a reconstruction of Marie Henry’s house in Le Pouldu as a museum.

This group of artists, with Emile Bernard and a remote Vincent Van Gogh, became known as the Pont Aven School. They experimented with post Impressionist styles, such as Symbolism.

Pont-Aven has more than 80 art galleries as well as a very good museum

The Pont-Aven Museum, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, is open daily from 10.00 a.m.

The Maison Marie Henry, in Le Pouldu, is open from April 1 to Sept. 30.

Opening times are from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. July and August, otherwise afternoons from 3.00 p.m. only in June and September (excl. Weds), and weekend and holiday afternoons only in April and May.

In July and August.

There are tours, in both French and English.

Paul Gauguin and his Connection to Southern Brittany

Paul Gauguin “Breton Peasant Women” 1894

Paul Gauguin “Breton Landscape” 1894

Paul Gauguin “The Swineherd, Brittany” 1888

Paul Gauguin “Landscape Near Arles” 1888

Paul Gauguin “Miraculous Source” 1894

Paul Gauguin “Tahitian Landscape” 1893

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