Background
He was born in Paris and grew up in Copenhagen, lived in Oslo from 1912, and settled in Copenhagen from 1949.
He was born in Paris and grew up in Copenhagen, lived in Oslo from 1912, and settled in Copenhagen from 1949.
The National Gallery of Norway owns five of his paintings, including Fra Homansbyen from 1913 and Mordet from 1916. Among his books are biographies of Henrik Lund, Christian Krohg, Edvard Munch and Ludvig Karsten. Gauguin spent 19 days at Grini concentration camp in 1941.
