Paul GauguinFrench, 1848–1903Self-Portrait
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Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1996.218
In the catalog
Sources
- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Meanwhile, in the life of Paul Gauguin
The whole life1870s–1891 · Workplace
Paris
1873
Marriage to Mette-Sophie Gad
In 1873 Gauguin married the young Danish woman Mette-Sophie Gad; the marriage produced five children — Émile (1874), Aline (1877), Clovis (1879), Jean-René (1881), and Paul (1883).
until 1874
Meeting Camille Pissarro
Gauguin met Pissarro before 1874, and from 1878 their relationship became a friendship; he spent the summer of 1879 with Pissarro at Pontoise. Pissarro introduced Gauguin to Edgar Degas, who supported him by buying his paintings.
31 August 1874
Son born: Émile Gauguin
from 1879
Participation in the Impressionist Exhibitions
From early 1879 Gauguin was invited to take part in the Impressionist exhibitions: the collector gradually came to be taken seriously as a painter as well.
1879
Son born: Clovis Gauguin
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