Marguerite AROSA (1854-1903) Woman and children by the sea. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1902, lower left. Tear and missing material in lower center. Crackling and small chips, dents. Natural wood frame. His Spanish-born father was a wealthy stockbroker and art collector. He became Gauguin's guardian after the death of the latter's mother. Gauguin thus became close to Marguerite Arosa, who, already trained as a painter, took him to discover the Paris region, where he painted his first oils.