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Why did Paul Gauguin leave France for Tahiti again in 1895?

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Self-portrait painting by Paul Gauguin showing the artist with a mustache, yellow halo, and stylized plants against a vivid orange background with green and red fruit. — Paul Gauguin Self-portrait by Paul Gauguin, oil on wood, 1889; in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 79.2 × 51.3 cm.

Paul Gauguin left France for Tahiti for the final time in July 1895 primarily because his efforts to achieve professional success in Europe had failed. After returning to France in 1893, he attempted to gain recognition through a one-man exhibition at the gallery of Paul Durand-Ruel and by planning the publication of a book about his experiences in Tahiti titled Noa Noa. When these projects met with little acceptance, he chose to depart for Tahiti once again.1