The 1892 oil painting, Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?), is one of over 20 works in his collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. Prior to the sale, the Gauguin canvas had ...

And so, the Haggin Museum not only owned historical artifacts but also prized art works, the most valuable of which was a small, undated painting entitled “Flowers and Fruit” by Paul Gauguin.

The bidding had drawn keen interest amid growing controversy over Gauguin's relationships with young girls on the Polynesian island and his depictions of them. The 1897 painting, “Te Bourao II ...

After examining the French artist Paul Gauguin’s The Little Cat with X-ray imaging, experts at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam are unraveling the painting’s secrets—including a hidden beetle.