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  • Seed of the Areoi, Paul Gaugin’s most Controversial Work
    Art History • Artworks under the lens
    Seed of the Areoi, Paul Gaugin’s most Controversial Work

    Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated during his lifetime, Gauguin is now regarded for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style. He is best known for his paintings of French Polynesia, where he lived during the last ten years of his life. Gauguin’s artworks, including Seed of the Areoi, portrayed the French Polynesian islands and explored the…