Paul Gauguin
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gaug/hd_gaug.htm
This essay provides a detailed examination of Gauguin's style and career arc.
The Question and Answer section for The Moon and Sixpence is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
This excerpt that you included has nothing to do with men beating girls.
The story is told from the first-person viewpoint of the narrator. The narrator is a writer, and he knew Charles Strickland at the beginning of Strickland's painting career. Thus, the story only includes information that the narrator himself has...
I think this is asking for your input. I might consider questions about poverty, Industrial revolution, filthy factories, child labour...