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Paul Gauguin : an erotic life / Nancy Mowll Mathews.
Fine Arts Library ND553.G27 M378 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mathews, Nancy Mowll.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903.
- Gauguin, Paul.
- Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903--Psychology.
- Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903--Sexual behavior.
- Painters--France--Biography.
- Painters.
- Psychology.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 316 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- In this penetrating and daring biography of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Nancy Mowll Mathews traces the themes of sex and violence through the artist's life, from the near-murderous quarrels of his grandparents, to his abusive treatment of his wife, to his sexual encounters in French Polynesia in the 1890s. She examines how Gauguin used these complex themes in his art and writings and how he carefully presented his "erotic life" in the autobiographical treatises Noa Noa (1893) and "Avant et apres" (1903). The central drama of Gauguin's adulthood -- his marriage to Mette Gad -- is assessed in detail, and with the inclusion of some of Mette's previously unpublished letters, both sides of the Gauguin marriage are presented for the first time.
- Besides providing fascinating new insights into Gauguin's relationships with men and women and the roles that sexuality and aggression played in shaping his art, Mathews illuminates his homosocial, if not homoerotic, relationships with Vincent van Gogh, Emile Schuffenecker, and Charles Filiger. Gauguin's genius resided not only in his forging of new artistic paths, Mathews concludes, but also in his ability to bring his sexual fantasies alive for a large audience.
- Contents:
- 1 Ancestry: The Moscosos and the Gauguins 5
- 2 Young Man in Paris 18
- 3 Impressionism 34
- 4 The Crash 48
- 5 PGo Emerges 63
- 6 The Lost Continent of Atlantis 78
- 7 The Sun God 91
- 8 Theo and Vincent: Flying Too Close to the Sun 106
- 9 The Martyr 126
- 10 Desperate Measures 145
- 11 Tahitian Tourist 168
- 12 Return to Paris 190
- 13 Tahitian Resident 211
- 14 Final Retreat 235
- Appendix Mette Gauguin Letters 259.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300091095
- OCLC:
- 46642197
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