The presence of so many Impressionist paintings in Danish museum collections may be surprising. This is thanks to Gauguin's intuition. While he was still working at the Paris Stock Exchange and pursuing his passion for painting in his spare time, he purchased numerous works by Cézanne, Manet, Degas, Pissarro and others. However, once he had been socially disgraced and financially ruined, his Danish wife, who had taken the furniture, children and collection to Copenhagen, gradually sold off this treasure.