On this day 122 years ago, on May 8, 1903 (April 12, 1903), the French master Paul Gauguin died. "Self-Portrait" May 8, 1903. The French painter Paul Gauguin died in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia at the age of 55. Gauguin, a former stockbroker, decided to devote himself to art after meeting Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne. In Paris, Gauguin also formed a friendship with Vincent van Gogh. But the defining experience for him was a trip to Martini in 1887. This trip allowed him to discover the splendor of tropical scenery and appreciate the simple life of primitive society. Gao Geng created a new style known as "Cloisonné." This style was characterized by simple colors paired with black lines. He used this style in his 1889 work "Good Morning, M. Gao Geng." Gao Geng broke with his past impressionism and wanted his work to be both pleasing to the eye and expressing ideas through color and composition. When Gao Geng was in the village of Awangqiao in Brittany from 1889 to 1890, a number of young painters gathered under his door, including Charles Felig and Maurice Denis. They spread Gao Geng's ideas to Edward Vial and Pierre Bonnard. In 1891, Gao Geng left his family for Tahiti, where he developed his originalism and protested against social injustice in the South China Sea Islands. "Savage Tales" "What's the matter! Are you jealous?"