曾经担任过海军、股票经纪人,且收入丰厚的法国人保罗·高更,在经历过一系列生活琐事之后,于35岁时辞去工作致力于画画,并在38岁时断绝与家人的联系,过着独自一人的生活,而后又前往塔希提岛,在那里他发现塔希提岛是他想要的生活的地方,也是远离文明、寻找本真的美学向往。在多重环境的影响下,他的艺术观点受到象征主义观念的驱使,并不满足于印象主义绘画。 Paulson, a former naval and stockbroker, and a well-to-do Frenchman, Paul Gauguin, resigned his job at the age of 35 after painting a series of excesses of life and cut off contact with his family when he was 38 , Lived alone and later went to Tahiti where he found Tahiti the place where he wanted to live, as well as the aesthetics away from civilization and searching for truth. Under the influence of multiple environments, his artistic view was driven by the notion of symbolism and not content with Impressionist painting.