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Paul Gauguin is known to be one of the first bad boys of the art world and is buried on Hiva Oa Island in French Polynesia. The Post-Impressionist French painter lived as a Bohemian, was friends with Vincent Van Gogh, and lived a questionable lifestyle after moving to Tahiti and leaving his family behind in France to embrace primitivism. He died suddenly at only 53 years old in 1903 at his home in Marquesas. The infamous artist still has descendants living on the island today.
Grave of Paul Gauguin, Calvary Cemetery, Atuona, French Polynesia
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