In 1891, he left Europe for the tropics, returning to France only once.
A successful stock broker, he moved to Copenhagen to start a business career, but returned to France without his family to paint full-time. Though friends with Cezanne and Pisarro, he was attracted by the symbolism and vitality in the art of Asia, as the influence of Japanese prints in his "Yellow Christ" suggests. In 1891, he left Europe for the tropics, returning to France only once. For ten points, who is this French painter whose last years were spent in Polynesia?
A successful stock broker, he moved to Copenhagen to start a business career, but returned to France without his family to paint full-time.
Paul {Gaugin}