Gauguin, Eugène-Henri-Paul (born June 7, 1848, Paris, France - died May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor who sought to achieve a primitive expression of spiritual and emotional states in his work. The artist, whose work has been categorized as Post-Impressionist.