Paul Gauguin
1848-1903 · French · Post-Impressionism, Synthetism, Symbolism
Biography
Paul Gauguin left a career as a Paris stockbroker to paint, exhibiting with the Impressionists before developing a bolder style of flat colour, simplified forms and symbolic content in Brittany at Pont-Aven. In 1891 he moved to Tahiti and later to the Marquesas Islands, where he produced the paintings, woodcuts and carvings that made him a key figure for Matisse, Picasso and the Expressionists. For the market, Gauguin is rare and highly concentrated: major Tahitian canvases are mostly in museums, so few top works reach auction. When they do, prices are among the highest for any nineteenth century artist, with a public auction record of 105.7 million dollars set in 2022.
Recent auction results
| La Maison du Pen du, gardeuse de vache (1889)Sotheby's, New York | $4.9M | Nov 20, 2025 | sothebys.com |
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Market
- Liquidity: Low
Museums
- Musée d'Orsay, Parigi
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Museo Puškin, Mosca
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenaghen
- Art Institute of Chicago
Sources
- HENI News, Maternité II
- Artnet News, Paul Allen Collection at Christie's
- Sotheby's, November 2025 New York sales results
- Sotheby's, The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection
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