Paul Gauguin, who had become a successful…

Paul Gauguin, who had become a successful Parisian businessman on the Paris Bourse and has remained one for the past eleven years, loses his job in 1882 when the French stock market crashes, which occurrence he sees as a positive development, because it will allow him to “paint every day.”

In an attempt to support his family, he unsuccessfully seeks employment with art dealers, while continuing to travel to the countryside to paint with Camille Pissarro.