高更在他的一生中获得了很高的公众知名度，是他那一代人中**批获得国际认可的艺术家之一。但他的声望不仅与他的艺术魅力有关，也与他生活中的戏剧性事件有关——他在遥远的南海岛屿上的自我放逐。

Paul Gauguin achieved a high public profile during his lifetime, and was one of the first artists of his generation to achieve international recognition. But his prominence has always had as much to do with the dramatic events of his life – his self-imposed exile on a remote South Sea island, his turbulent relationships with his peers – as with the appeal of his art.