Almost 3, 000 daily visitors saw the works of conceptual artist Hirst, beating Edward Hopper (429, 909) in 2004 and Paul Gauguin (420, 686) in 2010-11.

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The consignment, which includes works by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, is led by a painting by Claude Monet.

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He took painting classes on the side, however, and when he was in his 20s he helped found Les Nabis, a group of symbolist painters who idolized Paul Gauguin.

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The book, titled In Van Gogh's Ear: Paul Gauguin and the Pact of Silence, is the product of 10 years of research by German academics Hans Kaufmann and Rita Wildegans.

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Banyuls is home to the Musee Maillol, where the works of sculptor Aristide Maillol, a contemporary of Paul Gauguin, are on display along with those of Marcel Duchamp and Picasso.

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The UAE site has already acquired a sculpture of a Bactrian princess dating to 3000 BC, a fountain from the early Ottoman period, the paintings Breton Boys Wrestling by Paul Gauguin, and The Subjugated Reader by Rene Magritte, as well as a collection of French and American photography.

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