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Before uploading two present images back in December, I made sure to expand the article, so that there would be enough text for these images. Generally, I think we should avoid overloading pages with images, especially on painters. Therefore I removed the Yellow Christ to the Cloisonnism article, which describes the painting in question, while inserting two links from the Gauguin page to that image. The second image recently added, definitely a minor work, was linked from the much more important Ta Matete and from the list of his major works (although the work is not major). I'd like to upload many more essentual artworks, such as the Red Bouquet or Buddha series from the Hermitage Museum, but will not do so, as I understand that Misplaced Pages is not meant to become an art gallery site. Ghirlandajo 07:35, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I added the two that I did because Yellow Christ is one of his most talked about paintings, and the other is a good example of the sexuality and dark magic of his Tahitian paintings; as such, I believe they are even more representative than the ones that were on the page. I don't think the article is anywhere near being "overloaded" by images. As for Misplaced Pages not being meant as "art gallery site", I don't know where this comes from, either. I would love to eventually see individual articles for every major work of art, and list articles for every artist that would have pictures of all of their works with a brief description. How is that not encyclopedic? I'm replacing the images. Postdlf 01:59, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

When was Gauguin born and when did he die?

According to Britannica (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9036212?query=Paul%20Gauguin&ct=) it's June 7, 1848 -- May 8, 1903. 85.234.35.187 10:08, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

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There is a Gauguin image called Image:Gauguin12.jpg available. It was tagged as {{no source}} and may have been removed from this article. However, it must be in the public domain because Gauguin has been dead for more than 70 years. It's worth including in the article but I can't identify it. Perhaps someone else can? This image is called The Day of the Gods (Mehano no Atua), 1894

Gauguin's two wives

I'm new to this so don't want to mess about with anyone's article but in the bit about his family shouldn't something be mentioned about the two 'wives' he had at different periods in Tahiti. The first was 13 years old when they married (younger than his daughter Aline, i'm not sure?) she had a pregnancy that was terminated, and remained his wife until he returned to France. The second he married on his return when he discovered his first wife had remarried, she bore him two children.139.133.7.37 03:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

If you're certain of your facts (and especially if you have citations for those facts), there's no reason why you shouldn't be bold and add your information (and citations) to the article.
Atlant 12:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

It is actually pretty dismal that this article doesn't seem to have any information on his extremely sordid personal life. I think that its important to understand the life of an artist to understand their art. Especially a personal life as "colorful" as Gauguin's. I'll look for some sources.--Niro5 11:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Split for list of paintings

Support I'm not that familiar with current conventions for visual artists, but a separate list seems to be standard for composers where such a long list of works is necessary but crowds the main article. --MarkBuckles 04:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Main page

Put on main page that he was born today --Shandris 12:31, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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