Paul Gauguin

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential practitioner of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms. While only moderately successful during his lifetime, Gauguin has since been recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism.

7 June 1848

Born on the same birth day (7 June): Alexander de Seversky • Bill Hader • Bradford Washburn • Christian McCaffrey • Elizabeth Bowen • Federico da Montefeltro • Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire • Gwendolyn Brooks • Ichijō Kaneyoshi • John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen • Jules Deschênes • Marion Post Wolcott • Mike Sebastian • Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool • Sigvard Bernadotte • Ture Malmgren • Virginia McKenna • Zbigniew Seifert

Born in the same month (June 1848): Bernard Bosanquet (philosopher) • Gregorios of Parumala • Max Erdmannsdörfer