The document discusses Post-Impressionism and focuses on Paul Gauguin's contributions. It analyzes four of Gauguin's paintings chronologically to show his departures from Impressionism in content and composition. The first painting depicted a vision with symbolic religious figures. The second was a self-portrait of Gauguin as Christ reflecting personal struggles. After moving to Tahiti, his paintings incorporated local folk cultures but with European themes. He transformed European subjects with his interpretations of exotic ones. Gauguin's works emphasized expression over naturalism and showed his rejection of Impressionist conventions.