The Blue Roof�(Farm at Le Pouldu) (1890)-��The work is characteristic of Gauguin's Post-Impressionist style, featuring a flattening of the scene and rich patterns that give it a tapestry-like effect.�The composition centers on a figure of a woman in dark blue and white, standing near a well in a farmyard with rough stone buildings and thatched roofs.�(National Gallery of Australia-�NGA)�� *Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)��was a French painter, sculptor,�printmaker,�ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the�Post-Impressionist�and�Symbolist�movements.�He is a noted as a pioneer of modern art, known for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style,�that were distinct from�Impressionism.�He abandoned a career as a stockbroker and his family in France, escaped from European life to pursue a "primitive" existence and artistic vision, eventually settling in Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.�His work�rejected Western naturalism in favor of simplified forms, bold outlines, and non-naturalistic colors to express emotional, tranquil and spiritual states. Gauguin's art was largely unappreciated during his lifetime but profoundly influenced 20th-century avant-garde artists such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.�