His technique is an unambiguous sincere oil painting or woodblock print.
But for other works, it isn't easy to understand his process of creation.
Gauguin's most incredible discovery was his use of color.
He exercised not for its ability to mimic nature but for its dynamic qualities.
He implemented it in large flat sections outlined with dark paint, flattening space, and abstract form.
“Art is either revolution or plagiarism”
“Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.”