Both David Sweetman and John Richardson point to the Gauguin sculpture called Oviri ( literally meaning ' savage '), the gruesome phallic figure of the Tahitian goddess of life and death that was intended for Gauguin's grave, exhibited in the 1906 retrospective exhibition that even more directly led to Les Demoiselles.

Mario Vargas Llosa based his 2003 novel The Way to Paradise on Gauguin's life, and that of his grandmother Flora Tristan.

Mario Vargas Llosa, in his historical novel The Way to Paradise, analyzes Flora Tristan and her grandson Paul Gauguin's contrasting quests for the ideal life through their experiences in and outside their native France.

Mario Vargas Llosa's 2003 novel The Way to Paradise is also based on Paul Gauguin's life.

Atuona was Paul Gauguin's home for the last three years of his life, and he is buried in the cemetery ( Calvary Cemetery, French: Cimetière Calvaire ) there.

Gauguin's view of Tahiti as an earthly Arcadia of free love, gentle climate, and naked nymphs is quite similar, if not identical, to that of the classical pastoral of academic art, which has shaped Western perceptions of rural life for millennia.

Munch was particularly inspired by Gauguin's " reaction against realism " and his credo that " art was human work and not an imitation of Nature ", a belief earlier stated by Whistler.

His tropical stays inspired and refreshed him in much the same way as Paul Gauguin's trips to Tahiti.

A man to consult and a little like the good Lord ," and he was also one of Gauguin's masters.

One of Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin's most famous paintings.

They spent this at Vollard's Gallery, buying Gauguin's Sunflowers and Three Tahitians, Cézanne's Bathers, and two Renoirs.

One of Gauguin's few early memories of his mother was of her wearing the traditional costume of Lima, one eye peeping from behind her manteau, the mysterious one-eye veil that all women in Lima went out in.

Paul Gauguin's last physical contact with them was in 1891.

There is some speculation that the Belgian artist Germaine Chardon was Gauguin's daughter.

Under the influence of folk art and Japanese prints, Gauguin's work evolved towards Cloisonnism, a style given its name by the critic Édouard Dujardin in response to Émile Bernard's method of painting with flat areas of color and bold outlines, which reminded Dujardin of the Medieval cloisonné enamelling technique.

John Rewald, an art historian focused on the birth of Modern art, wrote a series of books about the Post-Impressionist period, including Post-Impressionism: From Van Gogh to Gauguin ( 1956 ) and an essay, Paul Gauguin: Letters to Ambroise Vollard and André Fontainas ( included in Rewald's Studies in Post-Impressionism, 1986 ), discusses Gauguin's years in Tahiti, and the struggles of his survival as seen through correspondence with the art dealer Vollard and others.

Gauguin's relationship with Van Gogh was rocky.

The vogue for Gauguin's work started soon after his death.

Gauguin's posthumous retrospective exhibitions at the Salon d ' Automne in Paris in 1903 and an even larger one in 1906 had a stunning and powerful influence on the French avant-garde and in particular Pablo Picasso's paintings.

Picasso's paintings of massive figures from 1906 were directly influenced by Gauguin's sculpture, painting and his writing as well.

The power evoked by Gauguin's work led directly to Les Demoiselles d ' Avignon in 1907.

According to Gauguin biographer David Sweetman, Picasso as early as 1902 became a fan of Gauguin's work when he met and befriended the expatriate Spanish sculptor and ceramist Paco Durrio ( 1875 – 1940 ), in Paris.

Durrio had several of Gauguin's works on hand because he was a friend of Gauguin's and an unpaid agent of his work.

After they met, Durrio introduced Picasso to Gauguin's stoneware, helped Picasso make some ceramic pieces and gave Picasso a first La Plume edition of Noa Noa: The Tahiti Journal of Paul Gauguin.

In addition to seeing Gauguin's work at Durrio's Picasso also saw the work at Ambroise Vollard's gallery where both he and Gauguin were represented.

Concerning Gauguin's impact on Picasso John Richardson wrote, The 1906 exhibition of Gauguin's work left Picasso more than ever in this artist's thrall.

Had not Picasso signed himself ' Paul ' in Gauguin's honor.

Sweetman writes, " Gauguin's statue Oviri, which was prominently displayed in 1906, was to stimulate Picasso's interest in both sculpture and ceramics, while the woodcuts would reinforce his interest in print-making, though it was the element of the primitive in all of them which most conditioned the direction that Picasso's art would take.

Although just under 30 inches high, Oviri has an awesome presence, as befits a monument intended for Gauguin's grave.

An 1835 book inspired by Selkirk's life

Holly's life story inspired a Hollywood biographical film, The Buddy Holly Story ( 1978 ).

As a result, Beatrix came to meet Hardwicke Rawnsley, incumbent vicar at Wray and later the founding secretary of the National Trust, whose interest in the countryside and country life inspired the same in Beatrix and who was to have a lasting impact on her life.

They lived outside of Paris in Pontoise and later in Louveciennes, both of which places inspired many of his paintings including scenes of village life, along with rivers, woods, and people at work.

The album tells the story of a man's life and misadventures in a Steampunk inspired universe.

His experiences at Hyde's, where he worked a thirteen-hour day and slept in a dormitory with other apprentices, later inspired his novels The Wheels of Chance and Kipps, which portray the life of a draper's apprentice as well as providing a critique of society's distribution of wealth.

UK anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni make repeated references in their song titles, lyrics and artwork, including in the album Cacophony, all 30 songs of which are inspired by the life and writings of Lovecraft.

The film focuses on the role played by Emanuel Swedenborg's spiritual theology in her life and how it inspired Keller's triumph over her triple disabilities of blindness, deafness and a severe speech impediment.

The film The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson in 1988, was inspired by his life story ( and the life story of the Italian diver Enzo Maiorca ); Mayol was one of the screenwriters.

He composed and played several songs inspired by the life style of Mexico City, like " Dengue Universitario " and " Mambo Universitario " dedicated to the UNAM ; " Guada Guadalupe ", " Lupita " and " Norma la de Guadalajara " inspired by Mexican women ; and " Mambo del Ruletero ", where he names different neighborhoods of the city.

The strong moral and political convictions which had inspired Dante belong to the Middle Ages and the libertarian spirit of the commune ; Petrarch's moral dilemmas, his refusal to take a stand in politics, his reclusive life point to a different direction, or time.

" The songs are very inspired by the last three years of events in my life ," Crow said of a time that found her battling breast cancer and splitting with partner Lance Armstrong.

This poem is notable by the fact that it was composed prior to Biko's death, yet already the poet was inspired enough by Biko's life to recognize him as a martyr.

Five years later, in 1864, Ludwig Boltzmann, a young student in Vienna, came across Maxwell ’ s paper and was so inspired by it that he spent much of his life developing the subject further.

David's life and teachings have inspired a choral work by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, Dewi Sant.

Bronn translated " favoured races " as " perfected races ", and added essays on issues including the origin of life, as well as a final chapter on religious implications partly inspired by Bronn's adherence to Naturphilosophie.

It was said to be inspired by the life and work of Mary Anning.

The Video game Velvet Assassin by Replay Studios is inspired by Szabo's life as an allied spy during WWII, with the protagonist sharing her first name.

J. R. R. Tolkien was inspired by Morris's reconstructions of early Germanic life in The House of the Wolfings and The Roots of the Mountains.

* The Franciscan friar Matteo Bassi is inspired to return to the primitive life of solitude and penance as practiced by St. Francis, giving rise to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

His life inspired the formation of the Society of St Edmund at Pontigny, France, in 1843 by Rev.

Ibsen's play Rosmersholm is inspired by the life at Moldegård, and The Lady from the Sea is also set in the city of Molde, although never being mentioned by name.