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# Why Did Gauguin Make People So Angry?
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/why-did-gauguin-make-people-so-angry/
- Published: 2017-08-21T16:25:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:40:54.000Z
- Description: The painter's quest for a more "primitive" life took him from France to Tahiti and back — and then back again.
- Author: Jessica Campbell
- Tags: Comics, Paul Gauguin, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

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