Where can you see Paul Gauguin in Amsterdam?

At the Van Gogh Museum: Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers and Self-portrait with Portrait of Bernard. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Paul Gauguin's most famous work in Amsterdam?

Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, of 1888, at the Van Gogh Museum. Van Gogh at his easel in Arles, brush in hand, painting a vase of sunflowers. Vincent said it was certainly him, but him gone mad.

When and where was Paul Gauguin born?

On 7 June 1848, at Paris, France. Paul Gauguin died on 8 May 1903, at Atuona, Marquesas Islands, aged about 55.

What is Paul Gauguin known for?

Lived with Van Gogh in the Yellow House in Arles in 1888. His portrait of Van Gogh painting sunflowers is in the Van Gogh Museum. Sent Van Gogh a self-portrait in exchange for one of his. Paul Gauguin was a French painter, of Post-Impressionism.

Painter, 1848 to 1903

Paul Gauguin

For nine weeks at the end of 1888 Gauguin and Van Gogh lived and painted together in Arles. It ended badly, but the pictures it left are in Amsterdam, beside Van Gogh's own.

Born: 1848, Paris, France
Died: 1903, Atuona, Marquesas Islands
Movement: Post-Impressionism
In Amsterdam: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Paul Gauguin in Amsterdam

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Van Gogh Museum2 works

Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers
1888
Van Gogh at his easel in Arles, brush in hand, painting a vase of sunflowers. Vincent said it was certainly him, but him gone mad.
Self-portrait with Portrait of Bernard
1888
Painted in Brittany for Van Gogh, who had asked his friends for portraits, with a sketch of the painter Émile Bernard on the wall behind.

The life of Paul Gauguin

Gauguin came to Arles in October 1888, at Van Gogh's invitation and with Theo paying. The two men painted side by side for nine weeks, until the quarrel that ended with Van Gogh cutting his ear.

The Van Gogh Museum keeps the pictures Gauguin made for or of Vincent, and others the brothers collected.

What to know

Lived with Van Gogh in the Yellow House in Arles in 1888
His portrait of Van Gogh painting sunflowers is in the Van Gogh Museum
Sent Van Gogh a self-portrait in exchange for one of his

Born: 7 June 1848, Paris, France
Died: 8 May 1903, Atuona, Marquesas Islands

Paul Gauguin: common questions

Where can you see Paul Gauguin in Amsterdam?: At the Van Gogh Museum: Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers and Self-portrait with Portrait of Bernard. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Paul Gauguin's most famous work in Amsterdam?: Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, of 1888, at the Van Gogh Museum. Van Gogh at his easel in Arles, brush in hand, painting a vase of sunflowers. Vincent said it was certainly him, but him gone mad.
When and where was Paul Gauguin born?: On 7 June 1848, at Paris, France. Paul Gauguin died on 8 May 1903, at Atuona, Marquesas Islands, aged about 55.
What is Paul Gauguin known for?: Lived with Van Gogh in the Yellow House in Arles in 1888. His portrait of Van Gogh painting sunflowers is in the Van Gogh Museum. Sent Van Gogh a self-portrait in exchange for one of his. Paul Gauguin was a French painter, of Post-Impressionism.