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All his life he tried to escape the corruption of European civilization, moving further and further south, to ever more distant islands. There he hoped to find real people, untouched nature and true art. It is difficult to say how much of this was a genuine creative impulse and how much was a pose. He became a hostage to his brand and one of the most criticized geniuses of modern history. Mentioned videos: Gentlemen's Clubs of London • Gentlemen's Clubs of London: A History of... Hokusai and Japanese Prints • Hokusai and His Great Wave Building the Panama Canal • How, Despite Impossibility, Panama... Leprosy and Alice Ball • Alice Ball and Her Cure for Leprosy Tattoos in Civilizations • The History of Tattoos in World Cultures Support the channel with exclusive materials for subscribers: Boosty: https://boosty.to/elevated Patreon: / julia_bolchakova Download my fiction books (e-pub or pdf) from Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Aleutie?... From Russia, it is more convenient to download from Boosty: https://boosty.to/elevated (e-pub, pdf or fb2). MY BOOKS ARE FREE FOR BOOSTY AND PATREON SUBSCRIBERS! If you have problems with the files, write to me in PM inside Busti or Patreon. All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of the materials used in this video, and feel that they were used inappropriately, please, contact me and I'll do all necessary changes. Time codes: 00:00 - Gauguin's Childhood and Youth 04:22 - The Decision to Become an Artist 06:03 - Brittany and Cloisonnism 09:07 - Panama and Martinique 11:00 - Friendship with Van Gogh 12:22 - First Visit to Tahiti. The Ancestors of Tihaamana 18:28 - The Second Tahitian Period. Where Did We Come From? Where Are We Going? 22:17 - The Marquesas Islands and Death