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1811 – 1848Vissarion Belinsky (1811-1848)Died 7 June 1848, aged 36Russian literary critic who championed Gogol and the realist school and shaped the Westernizer movement. His Letter to Gogol of 1847 became a key text of the Russian intelligentsia. He died of tuberculosis in St Petersburg.
1848 – 1903Paul GauguinPost-Impressionism · FrancePaul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 8, 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist who left Europe for Tahiti, seeking a more primal authenticity. His bold colour and flat forms influenced Fauvism, Expressionism and Primitivism.