After a difficult existence as a poor artist in Europe, Gauguin came to despise his own civilization. He disdained what he saw as the narrow - minded conventions of European culture and its established order.
Dzīve Eiropā, kur viņš gadiem ilgi bija nesekmīgi centies nopelnīt iztiku ar gleznošanu, viņā bija radījusi dziļu nepatiku pret civilizēto pasauli.