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Pola Gauguin

Warming by the Woodstove

Documentation

Signed

Origin

United States

Period

1900-1919

Materials

colored woodblock

Dimensions

W.	5 in;	H.	12.5 in;
W.	12.7 cm;	H.	31.75 cm;

Condition

Good.

Description

Born in Paris, France in 1883, Paul Rollon "Pola" Gauguin was the youngest of artist Paul Gauguin's (1848-1903) five legitimate children. Gauguin studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1905, and from 1906 to 1909 was an assistant to architects Hermann Baagøe Storck and Anton Rosen. He debuted as an artist at Blomqvist Kunsthandal and Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo in 1913, and exhibited in the Oslo Autumn Exhibition in 1914.

Gauguin started his own artist school in Oslo which he ran until 1924. He also worked as an author and critic for Dagbladet, Tidens Tegn, Verdens Gang and Ekstrabladet. Among his books are biographies of Henrik Lund, Christian Krohg, Edvard Munch and Ludvig Karsten. He also wrote the book "My Father, Paul Gauguin."

Gauguin's works are held in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Norway, National Gallery of Denmark, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Norway, Stenersen Museum in Oslo, Harvard Art Museums and at the Portland Museum of Art in Oregon.

Styles / Movements

Post Impressionism

Incollect Reference Number

349690