Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin was born in Paris on June 7, 1848 and is considered one of the leading painters of the post-impressionist period. He died of syphilis at the age of 54 on May 8, 1903 in Atuona, Hiva 'Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. We all know his most famous Polynesian works, but his self-portraits, do we all know them, here are some of them. 1878